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		<title>Full Circle</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/04/full-circle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mommy time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ayurveda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been writing YogaMamaMe since Jake was younger than Lily is now.
This makes me think a lot of things:  How quickly time passes when you have kids.  How scary it is to watch time pass so quickly, especially when you have kids.  And how I seem to be repeating myself.
Take last night, for instance.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At What Point Are There So Many Boundaries That I Can&#8217;t Find My Way to My Child&#8217;s Heart?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/01/at-what-point-are-there-so-many-boundaries-that-i-cant-find-my-way-to-my-childs-heart/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/01/at-what-point-are-there-so-many-boundaries-that-i-cant-find-my-way-to-my-childs-heart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a heady moment of deja vu this morning.
There I was, crouched over my son in his car seat, using my knee to push his arching body back into place as I struggled to buckle him in and heard a gutteral voice that sounded suspiciously like my own hissing, &#8220;You sit down NOW!  Do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turn, Turn, Turn &#8230; or Not: What I Learned at Six Months</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/10/turn-turn-turn-or-not-what-i-learned-at-six-months/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/10/turn-turn-turn-or-not-what-i-learned-at-six-months/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bed time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breathing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communicating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feeding my child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intentions versus goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting instead of making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sleep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you can't control everything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cranky baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flu shot]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Yep,&#8221; Mike confirmed the other day.  &#8220;Lily&#8217;s acting like a normal baby.&#8221;
He said this after our first sunny fall day in the park.  After Lily and I arrived with her pouting in her stroller because I decided that much as she was demanding it I was simply not up to the task of walking to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Can You Love Me So Much When &#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/07/how-can-you-love-me-so-much-when/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/07/how-can-you-love-me-so-much-when/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[communicating]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opening your heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting angry with your kids]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lily and I are having a bit of a love fest these days.  We gaze into each others&#8217; eyes.  We smile and giggle.  I marvel at the double dimples in her elbows and the figure-eight temple dents she inherited from her father.
And then, after forty-five minutes or so of mutual adoration, I whisk her off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full of Firsts &#8212; And Not a Parent in Sight</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/06/full-of-firsts-and-not-a-parent-in-sight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/06/full-of-firsts-and-not-a-parent-in-sight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mommy time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being connected to everything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought &#8212; mistakenly, as it turned out &#8212; that it was pretty momentous to be witnessing Lily&#8217;s first props-assisted rollover yesterday.
We were about midway through our hour-long drop-off at daycare.  I was pretending not to notice the time I was supposed to be using for myself slipping away as I clung to my girl.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darn You, Michael Pollan!  What Am I Supposed to Feed My Child Now?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/02/darn-you-michael-pollan-what-am-i-supposed-to-feed-my-child-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/02/darn-you-michael-pollan-what-am-i-supposed-to-feed-my-child-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chattering mind]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[following your heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opening your heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surrender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you can't control everything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eating responsibly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In Defense of Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Pollan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading my first Michael Pollan book, In Defense of Food.  Which is somewhat strange, because I have been a big Michael Pollan fan for some time now.
Mostly, I have depended on Mike to give me the information I need to tell people I&#8217;m a big Michael Pollan fan.  He does the heavy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing When to Say No (and Not Just to Target on a Saturday)</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/02/knowing-when-to-say-no-and-not-just-to-target-on-a-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/02/knowing-when-to-say-no-and-not-just-to-target-on-a-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t remember the last time I went to Target on a Saturday.
As of today, I know why.
It was supposed to be my break, part of the divide-and-conquer strategy Mike and I launched on this Saturday morning of oh-so-cranky toddler.
And, indeed, somehow, I needed a break, despite having spent all of an hour or so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Influence Do I Have on My Toddler&#8217;s Tantrums &#8212; and the Tantrums of Others?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/01/how-much-influence-do-i-have-on-my-toddlers-tantrums-and-the-tantrums-of-others/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/01/how-much-influence-do-i-have-on-my-toddlers-tantrums-and-the-tantrums-of-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was only after the fact &#8212; as I recounted the incident to Jake&#8217;s preschool teachers this morning &#8212; that I saw the humor in it.
There I was, seven-plus months pregnant and clad in a thick black winter coat bulging at the zipper, crouched in the back seat of my CRV as I straddled my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Toddler Teaches Me When to Say &#8220;I&#8217;m Sorry&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/01/my-toddler-teaches-me-when-to-say-im-sorry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/01/my-toddler-teaches-me-when-to-say-im-sorry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jake has picked up a rather impressive and useful new habit.  He now frequently says, &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry.&#8221;
The thing is, I&#8217;m not entirely certain whether he&#8217;s saying it when he&#8217;s the one who has something to be sorry for.  More often, I fear, he&#8217;s merely pointing out my own lack of social graces.
When, for example, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do I Really Have Any More Control Than a Two-Year-Old?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2008/11/do-i-really-have-any-more-control-than-a-two-year-old/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2008/11/do-i-really-have-any-more-control-than-a-two-year-old/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike does not believe in the Terrible Two&#8217;s.
I wish I were as certain that Jake is not, in fact, entering his Terrible Two&#8217;s as my husband, even though I know it would do me no good.  (Witness Mike&#8217;s frequent less-than-patient exchanges with Jake in which he variously commands, wheedles, and begs Jake [clench teeth here] [...]]]></description>
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