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	<title>YogaMamaMe.com &#187; letting go</title>
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		<title>Lost in Barnes &amp; Noble:  A Case Study in Second Child Syndrome</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/10/lost-in-barnes-noble-a-case-study-in-second-child-syndrome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel, at the outset, that I should be clear this story has nothing to do with my second child, despite being about Second Child Syndrome.  Or, at least, nothing directly.
But I do feel, rightly or wrongly, that my ability to walk away from my not-yet-four-year-old as he played with the toy train set in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does That Macaque Have Frequent Flyer Miles?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/06/does-that-macaque-have-frequent-flyer-miles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breathing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I read an article in the New York Times about a new study of male Barbary macaques. Seems these guys love to care for babies &#8212; grab &#8216;em from their mothers and haul them around to male pow wows.  Doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s their own baby; any infant will do.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little Shifts, Big Changes</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/05/little-shifts-big-changes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 18:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mommy time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intentions versus goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning to walk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sense of self]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toddler tantrums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[too much to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga class]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although Lily has been walking for over a week now, she does not yet view it as a mode of transportation.  Walking, for her, is a game that starts with a parent placing her at one end of the living room and yelling with great excitement, &#8220;Walk to Jake! Walk to Jake!&#8221;  It is unclear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Said It&#8217;s Easier With One?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/05/who-said-its-easier-with-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/05/who-said-its-easier-with-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 17:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mommy time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being in the moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intentions versus goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning to walk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[patience (and losing it)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I frequently find myself conned by rose-colored memories of the days when Jake was my only child and things were just so easy.  Sure, I cried frequently, often felt shut-in and lonely, and was already pregnant and too late to go back the first time Jake played by himself without demanding parental involvement about a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lily Walks</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/05/lily-walks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 17:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being in the moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning to walk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[motion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[respecting your body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga class]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s one of those favorite phrases of parents of young children.  &#8220;Any day now!&#8221;
&#8220;Any day now!&#8221; we chirp as cheerfully as someone as sleep-deprived as the parent of an infant can chirp when someone asks if she is sleeping through the night yet with unknowing cruelty.
&#8220;Any day now!&#8221; we promise as we watch her rock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Say Never, and Never Say, &#8220;What Is That?&#8221; if You Plan on Picking It Up</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/05/never-say-never-and-never-say-what-is-that-if-you-plan-on-picking-it-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/05/never-say-never-and-never-say-what-is-that-if-you-plan-on-picking-it-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 17:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bath time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being in the moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[too much to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are times, I&#8217;ve found, when, no matter how certain I was of my choice, the Universe was right there daring me to stick to it.  Telling me, in no uncertain terms, that I would be foolish to be that stubborn.
Take, for instance, bath time Thursday night.
It was then, in one, parenthood-requires-a-good-sense-of-humor flash that it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full Circle</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/04/full-circle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/04/full-circle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mommy time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ayurveda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bath time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bed time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being connected to everything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being in the moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breathing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chattering mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communicating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daycare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discomfort verus pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feeding my child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[following your heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infertility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inner beauty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[karma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting instead of making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonharming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opening your heart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[potty training]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stillness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stuck at home with a child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surrender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the bigger picture]]></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>I&#8217;ve Been Coming Full Circle Lately</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/03/ive-been-coming-full-circle-lately/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/03/ive-been-coming-full-circle-lately/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chattering mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inner peace]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[practice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am, frankly, not sure whether it makes me feel better or worse that a piece I wrote almost exactly two years ago more or less sums up my night last night.  It is called &#8212; in a feat of clarity &#8212;  How Being Kicked in the Face By a Baby Reminded Me That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Triple Crown of Things That Make It Hard to Be a Parent</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/03/the-triple-crown-of-things-that-make-it-hard-to-be-a-parent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/03/the-triple-crown-of-things-that-make-it-hard-to-be-a-parent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mommy time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daycare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feeding my child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[social life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[surrender]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The triple crown of Things That Make It Hard to Be a Parent, as I have just now decided, is a marathon consisting of what at this moment strike me as the most frustrating parenting moments:
1)  Staying home with a sick child.  For a week.
2)  Staying home with a child who is finally well on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retreat of the December Mom</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/12/retreat-of-the-december-mom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/12/retreat-of-the-december-mom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breathing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chattering mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[motion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[practice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vacation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you can't control everything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[December Mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga and motherhood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still ashamed, even though I now recognize it was a December Mom thing.
There&#8217;s simply no excuse for being &#8212; I can still recall the out-of-body experience of watching myself do this &#8212; the mom screaming across a crowded coffee shop at her child.  &#8220;Jake!  Jake!  JAKE!  DO YOU WANT A BAGEL?&#8221;  As if no [...]]]></description>
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