Still Crying It Out [Chana Lew's Follow Up]

By Chana Lew 
Chana Lew is a mother to 5 sons, 2 daughters and 1 husband - and working on growing up herself. Loves: self-respect, all things birth, informed choice & fresh, clean food. More at www.chanalew.com

"None of us “have an hour” to put our babies to sleep, but putting a baby to 

sleep is part of being a parent and sometimes it takes longer than we like."

STILL CRYING IT OUT

While I agree that there is more than one way to put a baby to sleep, I don’t believe in not responding to a baby’s attempt to communicate.   


Ignoring your child is wrong. Period.
I have ‘successfully’ ferberized some of my own, and I feel terrible about it. It goes against the grain of parental instincts. Why didn't I listen to my inner voice that said "pick your baby up!" I convinced myself that it was "for his own good." I believed that someone else knew better. I fell victim to a decision made out of desperation. Those children did sleep through the night earlier, but I believe there are long term ramifications.

Mom Shot #14: You CAN always get what you want

He was screaming "miiiiiiiilk, miiiiiiilk!" for quite some time, but I was determined to have him sit and eat the cheerios, too. 

But he was more determined. He actually handpicked every single cheerio out of the bowl and then downed the milk. Exactly what he wanted. 

Point taken, kid.

Listen up, parents. Our children are resilient and, as frustrating as that is (and I mean reeeaallly frustrating), acknowledge their inventiveness. They know exactly how to get what they want from life, and no one - not even mommy - will stand in the way. 

Cheerio! ;)

Bringing Light To Your Face

By Ettel Chava Rosenbaum

Chava is a 26 year old mother of two girls living in Kensington, NY.  She has been a practicing makeup artist for nearly seven years and recently began doing makeup for the exploding field of religious women's theater...in which she also loves to perform! Chava offers lessons to women, teaching them how to apply their own makeup like a professional. In addition to makeup, her passions are singing, comedy and keeping her kids out of her shoe rack. Chava is available to do makeup for simchas and productions in New York. You can contact her to book a consultation or job by e-mailing beautybychava@rocketmail.com

BRINGING LIGHT TO YOUR FACE 

Nothing is as flattering to the face as candlelight. It illuminates the center of the face bringing it in focus, with a diffusing glow that diminishes blemishes, and brings out the contours. Everyone sparkles in candlelight. 


If you have a special occasion, a summer wedding perhaps, you can give yourself that candlelit soft focus even if there are no candles present. 


What You Need:
All you need is a shimmery highlighter, either a cream or a powder. A highlighting powder can be a sheer highlighting eye shadow in a glowing shade like pale gold or champagne. Cream highlighters come in many forms, but if you don't have one, simply use a sheer foundation two shades lighter than you're skin. If you're using a cream, use your ring finger to apply it. If you prefer powder, use a fluffy shading brush.

How To Apply:Gently tap the cream or dust the powder into the inner parts of your cheeks, from the sides of the nose, blended out to the middle to the apple, a bit at the bridge of the nose, the chin, corners of the mouth and between the eyebrows. Also blend from the inner corners of the eyes, lightly down to the inner cheeks. 


It should just be a slight glow, not too much and well blended. In the dim lights of a simcha hall it will look stunning! And this look is especially perfect for photos! 

Vogue does strictly Orthodox fashion [thejc.com]

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By Jessica Elgot, June 23, 2011

Vera Wang: Should be less figure hugging

They may not often grace the pages of Vogue, but strictly Orthodox women regularly reinterpret celebrity and catwalk fashion - with a modest twist, according to research by the London College of Fashion.

Chassidic women have interpreted mainstream fashion trends such as knitwear with embellished shoulder detail, ruffles, 60s-style pill box hats and evening dresses tempered with white shirts to cover a plunging neckline. Sheitls have trendy wispy fringes, or swinging ponytails with girly bows.

Speakers at last week's London College of Fashion symposium on 'Mediating Modesty' spoke of detailed research they had conducted into frum fashion.


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LadyMama in the Jewish Standard!

http://www.jstandard.com/supplement/item/19207

Check out LadyMama Mimi Hecht on the cover of The Jewish Standard's "About Our Children" magazine! Click on the link to check out the article and read about LadyMama and some other fab mama bloggers!

Mom Shot #13: Stroller Envy

When I found this gorgeous Stokke parked right in front of my Uppa the other day, I had to stop and check it out up close. It's a stroller that always grabs my attention because of its sleek structure, high seat and overall modern (almost futuristic) design.
It kinda makes me feel like my stroller is mediocre, even though I chose it from tons of research and, well, the trend.
The names of these strollers lend themselves to a very real lesson: something will always UP(ppa) our choices and put us to shame no matter how STOK(ke)D we were about out own decision ;)
And the truth is, in the end we're all the same in that we paid way, way too much.

Crying It Out (Chana Lew's Personal Rant)

By Chana Lew 
Chana Lew is a mother to 5 sons, 2 daughters and 1 husband - and working on growing up herself. Loves: self-respect, all things birth, informed choice & fresh, clean food. More at www.chanalew.com

CRYING IT OUT

(MY PERSONAL RANT)

I'm continuously disturbed by parents who allow their children to 'cry it out'. For those not familiar, this is a method used for teaching babies to sleep. Baby is placed in the crib and kissed good night. Lights go out, doors are shut, baby screams. There are different variations that include parents coming back into the room after 5 minutes, then 10 minutes, 20 minutes, etc. Baby usually is asleep by the time they reach an hour. The second night takes 1/2 hour, the third night (or so) baby knows that crib means sleep and doesn't fight the process. Some parents actually stay in the room but will not take their babies out of the crib.