The Refined Mother

Toddlers are just the cutest...so much is happening in these little bodies and we get to be a vital part of their journey and learning! Manners, hitting and biting and toilet training are the main topics of my conversation with Brookelynne in this episode.

Building onto the foundation laid in "The tidy Home" podcast, we move onto how to clean our homes in a realistic and practical way, letting go of the ALL or NoTHING mindset.

We train our children whether we try to or not...so let's get intentional and train up our children God's way - with loving discipline.

Brookelynne and I chat about the joys and pleasures of this age, as well as the challenges. Our personal experiences and successes (and failures) with: staying in bed, food battles, and tantrums are all discussed light heartedly, and we would love you to listen in on our conversation, and come to your own conclusions.

Making Your Kids Mind without Losing Yours book

https://www.amazon.com.au/Making-Children-Without-Losing-Yours/dp/0800731050

The family table podcast episode

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4QIRWpQUcB9VrLlt8oX4ve?si=6b29a28e41bd4cb9

Are you a slave to the chaos of your house? Learn to put some simple systems in place so that your house will remain effortlessly tidy and start serving you!

The House that Cleans itself book

https://www.amazon.com.au/House-That-Cleans-Itself/dp/0736918809

This is a jam-packed and valuable episode about the very first year of parenting. Brookelynne and I go into deep conversation starting with the training we undergo as new parents,and moving onto the importance of secure attachment and responding to needs, sleep training, dummies, sleep aids, and setting those first boundaries as we venture into the early phase of discipline...

Show notes:

No cry sleep training video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1QD5WkGTaw

Erika Komisar - Attachment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cialLfVZqm4

The Discontented Little Baby book

https://www.amazon.com.au/Discontented-Little-Baby-Book/dp/0702265454

The Fortified Father podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1CwlU9yHmSZlI5exaBxpd6?si=4f9964f2f48c421e

Are you living life at such a pace, either physically, or by the speed at which your mind races...that life is passing in a blur?

What does it look like tobe fully present and why is it important that we cultivate this skill?

Scriptural, and practical...as usual!

Join this robust yet relaxed conversation about the all important and often unplanned role of raising our children well - intentionally training them to walk in the ways of The Lord. This is a general chat talking about the purpose of training our children and looking at different ways of approaching the task. We compare our perceptions of the "Gentle Parenting" method and what we consider to be a Biblical approach.

We don't have all the answers but would love to provoke your thinking in this area, and spark conversation between you and your spouse on this topic.

Sometimes our life ends up living us...we find ourselves going through the motions each day without taking time to stop and really evaluate what we are doing and why we are doing those things. And questioning...Is there a better way? Is this what God has intended for me?

This episode is a conversation about living life on purpose, with some practical steps to follow. Let's start living our lives, and revelling in them.

It's becoming rarer to find mums staying at home these days. Understandably so...with society valuing the role of mother less and less, financial burdens increasing, and the fact that staying at home is not always the easy option it seems...so getting back into the workplace can be tempting!

In this episode, Brookelynne shares how she and her husband made the decision for her to stay at home with their children and how they manage it, facing all the challenges mentioned.

A thought provoking conversation for anyone weighing up their options during motherhood.

A recent moment left me feeling defeated and hopeless, until I took time to lay it out before the Lord. I came out of that time seeing things from a different perspective, that brought me peace and joy. I hope this can be practically helpful for you, too.