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Balancing Novelty and Routine With Young Children

November 13, 2014 By Erin Leyba Leave a Comment

  by Erin Leyba, LCSW, PhD The right balance of novelty and routine can help us feel peaceful, content, and joyful. If we have too much novelty all at once, we can get overwhelmed, stressed out, or exhausted. We feel depleted by processing and adapting to so much of the new. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bonding Tagged With: attachment parenting, child development, family life, joyful parenting, motherhood, novelty, parenting, pregnancy

Putting the “Happy” Back in Happy Hour with Young Children

October 13, 2014 By Erin Leyba Leave a Comment

  by Erin Leyba, LCSW, PhD When you have young children (especially more than one), getting dinner ready can be a real challenge. No matter when kids nap or what kind of snack they eat at 3 p.m., they all seem to get voraciously hungry, super tired, and very crabby in that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everyday Life With Little Ones Tagged With: busy bag ideas, children, dinner, happy hour, parenting, positive parenting, postpartum depression, pregnancy, work life balance

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I am a mom to 3 spirited children, and work as an individual and marriage counselor in Chicago’s western suburbs (Oak Brook, IL). I specialize in working with parents of babies and young children. I love what I do and learn from every person I meet.

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