About what we do for our Daily Routine: every day is a unique day.

My day...

Wake up (must start there :)

Morning Devotional... Which includes.

1. Opening prayer

2. Reading in The Children's Friend (LDS Church magazine intended for children, wonderful way to teach values with new interesting stories, the kiddos love it)

3. Reading a part of proverbs (This is where DH asked me to start, lots of great one liners, if you can filter through all the other stuff.)

4. Working on our memorization poem. We are memorizing poems form this book right now. http://www.ldfr.com/catalog/detail/poems/1

5. Writing down or drawing (depending on age) at least one thing they are thankful for.

6. Writing down/ drawing one thing they like about the spotlight family member of the day.

7. Writing down/ drawing one thing they can share that day.

8. Working on the primary song we are learning, and singing and reviewing all the other primary songs we have learned, as long as is enjoyable.

9. Reviewing the daily calendar.

10. Reviewing the chore pay stubs.

11. All of the above, or mix and match the options as we feel the need.

2nd Breakfast (like the hobbits in Lord of the Rings. We call it 2nd breakfast because most likely the kids woke up before me and already ate first. :) My newest goal is to wake up before them and do one batch of dishes and laundry. But that has not been our standard.

1 hour cleaning time. Everyone MUST work for one hour, and you get paid for the jobs you get done. The faster you work the more you get paid.

1 hour personal improvement - I.E. Shower, Get dressed, Read a book, write in your journal. Etc. Works allot like cleaning time. We are paying for activity in this category at this time, but are open to the idea of revising this in the future.

If no other homeschool groups activities or family/friend activities are scheduled for the day then we have time for circle time.

1. Learn the interesting factoid of the day.. normally done by themes. I.E. flash cards with large pictures of interesting items on the front and interesting facts on the back, every one picks one or two cards to read for the day.

2. Learn the themes song or poem (themes like birds, insects, states etc.).

3. Memorization flash cards flipped through in a Glen Doman fast way. memorizing things like home phone number, math problems, and reading/spelling words.

4. Interactive play like games, floor numbers line, Drum talk, rhythm band play, Clock games, any learning games.

5. Question of the day. Where we write down questions about the world that the kids wonder about and pick one for Eva to help me research the answer during study.

6. Math Manipulative play, done at the kitchen table, lots of little pieces, and maybe work book sheets to match. Play as long as child is interested.

7. Any other fun learning idea we may have pop up and enjoy.

8. All of the above, or mix and match the options as we feel the need.

We eat lunch about now, maybe earlier, depending...

If everyone is still in a good mood, and scheduled events are not pressing on our time then we start into our traditional schooling.

Study time. This is where we follow an actual educational program...

1. Reading in McGuffey's Readers, one on one with mother. Or other reading series depending on child's interest level. We also have a reading program I wrote, or Bob books, or the God is Good series, or Dick and Jane or actually 3-4 other reading/ learning series that we rotate through to keep up the interest level.

2. Working on McGuffey's Eclectic spellers. Doing Active/repetitious spelling activities. It has been shown that repetitious movement while learning to spell can help with the brain retention and with the child's attention span. Anyone seen Akeelah and the Bee, remember how she learned to spell jump roping? I have funny balance boards, twist boards, bouncing balls, we move on. Or we pass a ball around and spell as we pass. Things like this.

3. Working on Ray's Arithmetic verbal math problems.

4. Working on various worksheets or work books of the child's selection. I have a nice selection I buy and each child gets to choose the workbook and the worksheet they want to do. They cover the three R's and other interesting subjects like geography.

5. Copying a poem we are memorizing as beautiful as possible for presentation. Or writing in Journals or writing a letter or card for a family member or writing a shopping list etc.

6. Working on creative writing of stories. Poems, etc.

7. Doing the research for the circle time question.

8. All of the above, or mix and match the options as we feel the need.

Free time for the kiddos and me... Kiddos can play with friends if the toy room is clean. Kiddos can watch a movie if it is dark outside and their bedroom is clean. Maybe I clean some more. Maybe I work on a project. Maybe I get some Internet time. Depending.

Dinner time with Papa

Family Classic reading time – Papa reads out loud from the classic of choice. Right now we are reading mostly from the BOM but we have read so many wonderful books like the entire Narnia series and the entire Little House on The Prairie series.

Family Prayer

Get ready for bed.

Bedtime Story – If the kiddos are having a hard time sleeping then I will read them a story out of the classic I am reading to them. Right now I am reading The Life of Our Lord by Charles Dickens. http://www.amazon.com/Life-Our-Lord-Written-Children/dp/0684865378

Or Eva will read to them from the book of her choice. Right now her favorite is “Three short stories you can read to your cat.” I am not sure it helps them go to sleep at all because they are all rolling laughing throughout it. But I love it because it helps Eva get good reading practice.

Or the kids will read the books of their selection, under their bed light, to themselves.

Hopefully the kiddos will sleep :)

I then get my precious much anticipated personal study time and Internet time, uninterrupted, hopefully if they are asleep. If I do not schedule this time in then I find that when it is time to sleep I can not sleep (like now) and I end up spending my sleep time studying.

I realized that in “Schooling all the time” fashion (maybe unschooling) my family has over a dozen learning patterns that we pop in and out of throughout the day depending on interest level. Maybe in the future I will have time to write them down.

That is the basic pattern we flow in and out of throughout the day.

WOW! I can log in now!

Goodness that switching to Google accounts confused me.... And I forgot my Google account name.. But now I can log in again :)
Jeanine

July 26th 07, What I am reading

We need a Lincoln

http://www.dailylit.com/forums/book/418/121

Sick of asking why and having no answer

http://www.dailylit.com/forums/book/142/50

Utopian Terminology

http://www.dailylit.com/forums/book/186/61

Cost of Opertions?

http://www.dailylit.com/forums/book/32/20

On the Decay of the Art of Lying Forum

http://www.dailylit.com/forums/book/82

Jane Eyre Forum

http://www.dailylit.com/forums/book/283

Decartes' Reasoning is Current

http://www.dailylit.com/forums/book/280/89

Angel of the House

http://www.dailylit.com/forums/book/309/28

is evil real ?

http://www.dailylit.com/forums/book/282/184

My Antonia

http://www.dailylit.com/forums/book/165/64
http://www.dailylit.com/forums/book/165/90
http://www.dailylit.com/forums/book/165/77

Articles I am reading

Strong Society, Weak State

By Lawrence Chickering and P. Edward Haley

The social dimension of state-building.

http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/7833442.html

Kent High School Students To Get Diversity Training

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/07/kent_high_schoo.php

‘Honour Killing’ Family Get Life Sentences

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/07/honour_killing_1.php
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/20/nbanaz120.xml

In Defense Of Dangerous Ideas

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/07/in_defense_of_d.php

Cop Killers in High Places

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/07/cop_killers_in.php

Muscling A Web Site Into A Social Movement

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/07/muscling_a_web.php
http://www.letiecq.org/

New Fingerprint Technique Could Reveal Diet, Sex, Race

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/07/new_fingerprint.php

FEATURES:
End of Dreams, Return of History

By Robert Kagan

http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/8552512.html

‘Goodness Will Prevail’: Eminences Meet In Johannesburg To Advance Global Justice

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/07/goodness_will_p.php


Biko lyrics
http://www.elyrics.net/read/p/peter-gabriel-lyrics/biko-lyrics.html

Peter Gabriel Biko Live 1986

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLg-8Jxi5aE

Loose Change Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBhnXztBVsE

Judicial Watch September 11 Pentagon Video -- 2 of 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAaP4Z3zls8#

9/11 Debate: Loose Change vs. Popular Mechanics pt. 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stVmEmJ666M&mode=related&search=

Video analysis and simulation of Pentagon aircraft

http://www.physics911.net/pentcrashvideo

Watch 911: Ripple Effect

http://www.letsroll911.org/phpwebsite/
I saw a missle in more then one of the videos leave one of the towers.
It is insane about the BBC reporting early on a building colasping that did not.


http://www.prisonplanet.com/

Freedom Fries: And Other Stupidity We'll Have to Explain to Our Grandchildren

http://www.netflix.com/WatchNowMovie?movieid=70057647&trkid=203073
Does consuming really support our troops? Should we buy and buy to support America? This fun documentary asks these questions. The producer would have us stop using gas, stop buying things made in china, and other things like that. He suggests that if we are not making a sacrifice then we are not making a difference.

So should we stop shopping like Rev Billy suggests?
http://www.revbilly.com/
His songs and sermons are cleaver.

I think I lean more towards the ideas of Dave Ramsey http://www.daveramsey.com/shop/. Get out of debt, dont over consume.

Jeanine

Learning Hebrew on the Internet for Mostly Free

1. Learn how complicated Hebrew is...
http://www.lookstein.org/online_journal.php?id=81

2. Learn about the alphabet
http://www.biblicalhebrew.com/alphabet.htm

3. Study the alphabet in detail by studying each letter one at a time in wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95
Those are just the ones I had bookmarked but you can copy and paste any Hebrew character into a Wikipedia search to learn more about it.

4. Get a vocal recording of Hebrew so you can hear genuine pronunciation of the language. I choose the Hebrew psalms on cd.
http://www.hebrewworld.com/Psalmsongs1.html
Also here are some great resources for listening to pslams and hebrew online
http://www.shma-israel.org/music.php
http://www.shma-israel.org/narrations.php
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2601.htm

5. Study one psalm or part at a time. I choose to start with song #16 because it was the shortest.

6. Pick out the main words in the psalm.
עבדו את־יהוה בשמחה באו לפניו ברננה
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2601.htm
psalms in English and Hebrew
http://www.hebrewsongs.com/psalm0index.htm
pronunciation of psalms in Hebrew written out.

7. Study the individual letters in the words and compare them to the way they are spoken to understand how each letter sounds when spoken. Get to know each letter so that you can read the word as it would be spoken. Remember the all forms of God are either not spelled correctly or pronounced correctly, so don't get hung up there.

8. Make Study flash cards like this one, inorder to help you study the words.
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/mycards/view/435437

How to Reduce the Stress of Homeschooling as a Christian

http://www.wikihow.com/Reduce-the-Stress-of-Homeschooling-as-a-Christian
How to Reduce the Stress of Homeschooling as a Christian

Homeschooling your children is really quite simple and pleasurable. But many women seem to miss out on its simplicity and pleasure because they are all wrapped up in stress and self doubt. This How-to may help some homeschoolers free themselves of stress and self doubt.

(The author would love for you to contribute your ideas on How to homeschool with more confidence and less stress, please add them to this article.)
Steps

1. Determine why you homeschool or teach at home. Write this down. Everytime you think of a new reason why you are homeschooling make a note of it. This will help you remember all the benefits of homeschooling through the frustrating times.
2. Review what you have taught in your homeschool over the last week, month or year. As you list what you have taught you will find that you understand allot more about your homeschool and how it functions. You will be reminded of what works well in your homeschool. What your kids are interested in. All the many success you have had in your homeschool. Almost nothing can make you feel as good as a list of good things you have taught in your homeschool. You will be glad you reviewed your success.
3. Download Task Master http://www.qsoftworld.com/taskmaster/ or use some other method to keep track of your to-do lists. Write down all the tasks you should do/want to get done. You may find that this alone relieves some guilt and stress. After you have those nagging tasks written down, walking past evidence of unfinished tasks is easier. Because now, you can say, "I have a plan for that task and I will get to it when it is the best time".
4. Establish a habit. Pick one thing you want to do (not what you think you should do; wants motivate much more than shoulds). Consistently do this one thing for one month. Don't overwhelm yourself, pick one small thing. Master one thing at a time. When your first habit is mastered pick a new habit. Keep a list of habits you have mastered "Where success is measured success improves."
5. Relieve external pressure. Strive not to take offense from your many relatives and family that express doubt and concern. Talk to them in their language, do not try to convince them of your philosophy if it is different. If you have more critical relations go out of your way to tell them the good things you are doing in your homeschool. This should be easier now that you have written down all the successes you have had in your homeschool. This is not bragging this is addressing their concerns in a positive way. Your brainstormed list of homeschool successes should assist you with this. Do not bring your critical relations into your confidence or they will feel they know more or are close enough to the situation to evaluate your homeschool and it success even more.
6. Keep your stress level in check. Good stress motivates you while bad stress demotivates you. Read more here http://www.jhu.edu/~hr1/fasap/stress/index.html and here http://www.jhu.edu/~hr1/fasap/stress/slide14.html
7. Take time for you. Now that you homeschool, you have less personal time. Plan in some kind of personal time, weekly is wonderful. Take a long relaxing bath. Send the kids to their friends house. Work out an exchange with another mother, where you take turns giving eachother a break. Plan a weekly or monthly visit for the kids to go to grandmas so you can have a break.
8. Network with other homeschooling families. Homeschooling is growing so fast that most major cities have many different homeschooling activities your family can participate in. find an activity your kids like and take a break chatting with other homeschooling mothers while your kids enjoy their activity.
9. Have confidence. The Lord has entrusted these children with you. They are your stewardship. Because he has called you to this work he has given you the divine gift of inspiration for your kids. If you turn to him he will guide and direct you in this important stewardship. The Lord's ways are not our ways. If coloring outside of the lines is what he wants you to do, then do it with confidence, be the salt of the earth.


Tips

* Keep your focus simple. You have time on your hands. Every month you will get better at homeschooling. Every year you will get better at homeschooling.
* Bring your spouse in line. Ask him to tell you what he would like to see happen in your homeschool. Listen openly to his ideas. Help him see how he has talents that will add to the homeschooling environment. If you have a husband who is critical of homeschooling it can be a burden that is difficult to bear. Help relieve this stress by asking him pick one thing for the families homeschool to work on.(I say families because that keeps him involved). Most likely he will describe a talent he has and would like the children to have. If this is the case plan a method to help the children gain this talent also. When put in this light your husband is essential to the process. If he wants you to improve in some way talk about it. Many times it helps to narrow down your husbands concerns to one item of importance. Strive to improve in this one area. This is a team effort, ask the whole family to work together to reach this new goal. Express to your husband that this is a process. It is best to start with one small thing and build on that then to try to be an instant homeschooling expert.


Warnings

* Your husband may want to make sweeping changes to your homeschool and call it one item. If you strive do fulfill his sweeping ideal you will end up frustrated. Sustainable growth happens slowly one habit at a time. Work on small obtainable goals that motivate you. The more you are excited about your goal the more successful you will be.

Revised : How to Raise a Happy Baby Through on Demand Nursing

“There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.” ~ Winston Churchill


Steps

1. Set up a nursing station - Find a comfortable place in the house where you like to nurse. Stock it up with the essentials, water, the phone, maybe a book or a notepad. It may be good to have the diaper changing station close by.
2. Respond quickly to your babies crying. From Erick Erickson's Eight Stages of Development we learn that the first and most important thing your infant learns is Basic Trust Versus Basic Mistrust. Responding quickly to your baby will teach him that the world is a safe place.
3. Go to your comfy spot and nurse your crying infant. I know this seems so simple, but really many a new mother has stressed about what to do with a crying baby.
4. Relax, watch your babies muscles relax now that she is nursing. Take inspiration from her, relax your muscles also. But, you will say, there is more to raising a child then nursing...
5. Examine your baby. Is he cold, hot, or in need of a diaper change? Now that he is close to you it is a perfect time to check over his physical well bing.
6. Think, what other things might your baby need. Does your baby want attention, A nap, if so you job is easy because she is already dosing off. While you are still sitting there calm and relaxed think of what you can do to best help this baby stay happy. Can you carry them in a sling while you work? Can you sit them in a bouncy chair where they can watch you run about the house and clean it? Can you give them an interesting object to put in their mouth?
7. Act, when your baby is done nursing solve any problems that the baby is in need of.
8. Set the baby up to be happy. Maybe attach her to you with a sling or a pack. Maybe put the baby in an exerciser or a seat where she can watch you work. Place within the babies filed of experience a toy, a kitchen utinsle (a whisk works great) or some other daily object that is safe. If you set the baby up well you may be able to get something done while she is happy.
9. Return the lost toy, and check in, in order to encourage your baby to be happy longer. If your baby is close by where they can watch you work you can catch little problems before they become big. If a toy is dropped you can pick it up before the baby cries and gets upset. Check in often with your baby. Put your face close to the baby so that they can see you. Talk to the baby and stroke his soft little head. This little check in when the baby is not upset will strengthen your babies confidence and trust in their care
10. Repeat


Tips

* This method will still work as your child gets older. When he falls down, nurse him. When he is sad because a toy broke nurse him. Etc. This method is so simple and takes much stress out of your life. When the baby starts to cry you don't have to start to stress about what you should do. Nurse the baby and when both you and he are clam you will get other ideas about how to help him further.
* Remember each time you quickly and efficiently help him stop crying and take care of his needs you teach him to trust the world, that it is safe. And you make him into a more confidant individual. You will find if you keep up with this that your baby cries allot less then other babies, that your baby calms down easier, that your baby is more safe and secure feeling. You may find to your surprise that you have a harder time parting with your baby then he has with you. He knows you will be there when he needs you so he is not worried.
* If you can not come right away when the baby cries start to communicate with it. Say things like. "I hear you, I am coming as soon as I can. But I must get the cake out of the oven before it burns. Wait just a min." You baby might not stop crying when you tell it what you are doing, and that you are on your way. But the baby will still learn from this pattern. Keep talking to the baby even if it is crying, even if it is crying loud enough it can not hear you. Keep telling it you will come as soon as you can. Young infants and children learn through repetition. Eventually your young baby will learn to wait patiently when it must. Singing this to your child can give the child added comfort. Repeatedly sing something like this. "I am coming ,coming coming, I am coming to help you." It is silly I know but it works. Just keep repeating, your baby will learn through repetition and patterns.
* For an older baby you can help him learn to wait for something through repetious singing also. Like when my 18 month old wants to join his older sisters outside and is crying because he can not open the door. I scoop him up in my arms and as I bundle him up to go out side I sing something like this "You are going outside after your coat is on, you are going out side after your shoes are on..." This repitious song can help them gain confidence that their needs will be met and teach them about processes.
* Eventually you will become like the baby whisperer and know what your baby needs. But even still there will always be times when you do not know what your baby needs or how to help them be happy, at these times start with nursing to make things more simple for you and your baby.
* When it is time for you to leave your child with someone else do not sneak out when your baby is not looking. If you do you will loose your childs trust. Even your young infant will learn to trust you through repition. I may be silly but when my child is old enough to notice me leaving him I pick them up and tell them. "Mama is leaving you for about 2 hours, Aunt Dee will be here to take care of you, and I will be back soon." If you consistently tell your child you are leaving and consistently tell them you are coming back, they will learn to trust you. If a child is afraid that you will sneak out on them at any time they will try harder to not let you get away with that trick. Tension will rise and it will get harder and harder to sneak out. Better to let the child cry at parting at first and gain trust. Then to break their trust and sneak out and have the child cry anyways when they realize that you snuck away.


Warnings

* If you are just switching to this on-demand-nursing method you will find that all transitions are difficult. Your baby will want to test the waters and make sure that you will pick him up and comfort him whenever he wants you to. You will find that at first your baby will need and ask for much much more attention. Like with every other thing in life your baby is testing the new limits. Have faith and know that once you teach your child "I will respond quickly to your needs." He will develop confidence in this fact, and need attention less, and be comforted more quickly.
* Every where you turn you can get advice on how to raise a baby, and most likely you do get it everywhere you turn weather or not you want it. Much of this advice will come at you in a black and white form. "You must do X in order to be a good mother, if you don't do exactly X everything will fail." These doomsday ultimate predictions are never correct. You are a unique being, your baby is a unique being. What works for you and your infant is a unique solution that only you can find. No one can tell you what will work for you and your infant. They can only tell you what worked for them and their infant. Babies are resilient. Being a normal good mother, finding your own best way, making mistakes, and having imperfect moments is part of life. Please whatever you do, do not cause yourself more emotional stress by being harsh on yourself, if you do not follow this advice to the T, or anyone else's advice. The way it works for someone else will not be the exact same way it works for you. Take in the parts that improve your life and leave out the parts that stress you. You are custom making your own unique solution.
* If your baby is in a social mood she will quickly wrap you around her little finger and make you forget all your to-do's. Go with it, Your little darling is only this little for a short time.
* don't be afraid to hold your baby too much or give your baby too much attention. There is an old parenting philosophy that still lingers some, some older ladies will still tell you "You are spoiling that baby." Hugs and attention does not spoil a baby, manipulation spoils a baby. A Spoiled child manipulates in order to get what they want.

How to Raise a Happy Baby Through on Demand Nursing

Fear often flashes through a new mothers eyes when her newborn starts to cry. What does the baby need? Why is he crying? What do I need to do to fix it? No one likes to listen to a baby cry, it causes everyone stress, especially the new mother. Calm your world down, pick up that crying baby and start nursing it, then read further for more stress relief.


Steps

1. First take a deep breath and relax.
2. Read this simple overview of what your newborn needs. From Erick Erickson's Eight Stages of Development we learn that the first and most important thing your infant learns is Basic Trust Versus Basic Mistrust. If you Infant learns to trust then they gain the ability to have hope. "Chronologically, this is the period of infancy through the first one or two years of life. The child, well - handled, nurtured, and loved, develops trust and security and a basic optimism. Badly handled, he becomes insecure and mistrustful." It is in this initial handling that you create in the babies mind a safe world where their needs are met, or a hostile world where there needs are not met. The more safe and cared for your baby feels the more your baby learns to trust the world, and the happier your baby will be.
3. Read more about your babies development. From Jean Piaget's Stage Theory we learn that in Substage One your baby learns through Basic Reflexes. Thus a Newborns world is like this. I am hungry I must suckle. But if the infant is not supplied with suckling at the moment that they feel a need the naive infant starts to panic. In my opinion what goes through the newborn infants mind is something like this. "I am hungry, and I am sucking but there is nothing here to satisfy my hunger. Thus I am in peril of starving to death."
4. Summed up in one sentence. When your baby cries nurse him. There it is, the solution to all your babies needs. Whenever your baby cries nurse her. But, you will say, scratching your head, this is too simple. Simple yes it is, but not too simple. Let me explain further.
5. Now that your baby is nursing you can visually watch the dear little thing relax. Do you see those muscles release their tension. Take inspiration from them, relax your muscles, release that tension. Now you can think clearly. It is most difficult to think about what you need to do when the baby is crying. Relax, take advantage of this moment of rest.
6. Look at that nursing baby. Look at how she trusts you, how she feels safe and comfortable. In one simple act of nursing you have taught your baby that the world is safe, that she is safe. You have taught the baby to trust, and you have given it the ability to hope. You have taught your baby, "when I am hungry I am fed." "When I cry I am comforted." "When I have needs I am cared for." "I am held warm and lovingly by my mother." Did you know there were so many wonderful lessons all wrapped up in nursing your little infant? Erick Erickson believed that these were the most important lessons for your baby to learn at first. If your baby did not learn these lessons first then the rest of his life would be disrupted and unsuccessful. These lessons must be learned first before any other lessons, everything builds on this. If a child does not learn to trust the world they will have to go back and learn trust before they can build on to it with any other positive lessons. Follow Ericksons advice nurse now to teach your child to trust, nurse now to raise a healthy adult.
7. But, you will say, there is more to raising a child then nursing, What about changing diapers, etc. Now that the baby is calm and you are calm run through the checklist in your head. Does the baby need a diaper change? Go ahead and check it while your baby nurses. Is the baby cold? Hot? Wet? Check the babies skin to see what temperature. This is easy to do now that you are holding the baby close to you. Take care of the needs you think the baby has. It is easier to do now that he and you are calm.
8. Look over your baby and see if it is physically giving you ques that might tell you it has other needs. If it is time for the babies nap most likely you just solved that problem and the baby is dozing off right now. If the baby wanted some attention you also just solved that, you are sitting down and doing nothing but caring for it. If you have a slightly older baby that wants attention most likely she will happily nurse until her muscles are relaxed, then she will stop nursing and turn to look at you and smile. That's a dead give away that she wants attention. (Hold the baby up infront of your face and talk to her. Babies are really simple little creatures, a little bit of face to face talking goes a long way.)
9. Give Quantity time not Quality time. There is a common myth among mothers that our children need Quality time, when actually they need Quantity time. What matters to young children is consistency. As your dear little one coos and tries to steal you away from your to-do's remember this... A little goes a long way. If you respond quickly to your little ones needs then you catch the problem when it is little, and your baby only requires a little bit of attention to fix it. If you do not respond quickly then your little one has gotten all worked up and it will take more time to calm them down. Your baby only needs a little bit from you right now. Try not to get overwhelmed and think about every thing your baby needs, think about the little bit he needs right now, and do it. Keep it simple. A toddler would much rather get a hug from his mother every time he comes to her for one, then sit and read a book for a long time. Infants and children have short attention spans. All they know is "right now I need attention." Supply for that attention quickly and they happily run off, or sit and coo, content with your quick recharge. If you teach a child "when I need attention I get it." They feel safe and secure in the knowledge. A child that feels they have to steal attention, to make their mother give them attention, is constantly in pursuit of that attention, and constantly in fear of not getting it.
10. Now that your baby is calm, his belly is full, his most pressing needs are taking care of (like diaper changes and needing mama time.) you have to get back to the rest of your world. While you are still sitting there calm and relaxed think of what you can do to best help this baby stay happy. Can you carry them in a sling while you work? Can you sit them in a bouncy chair where they can watch you flit about the house and clean it? Can you give them an interesting object to put in their mouth? Add something into your little child's field of experience that will help him sustain his current form of contentment longer. Once properly cared for and set up to something interesting you should have gained some time to get the rest of your world in order.

Tips

* This method will still work as your child gets older. When he falls down, nurse him. When he is sad because a toy broke nurse him. Etc. This method is so simple and takes much stress out of your life. When the baby starts to cry you don't have to start to stress about what you should do. Nurse the baby and when both you and he are clam you will get other ideas about how to help him further.
* Remember each time you quickly and efficiently help him stop crying and take care of his needs you teach him to trust the world, that it is safe. And you make him into a more confidant individual. You will find if you keep up with this that your baby cries allot less then other babies, that your baby calms down easier, that your baby is more safe and secure feeling. You may find to your surprise that you have a harder time parting with your baby then he has with you. He knows you will be there when he needs you so he is not worried.
* If you can not come right away when the baby cries start to communicate with it. Say things like. "I hear you, I am coming as soon as I can. But I must get the cake out of the oven before it burns. Wait just a min." You baby might not stop crying when you tell it what you are doing, and that you are on your way. But the baby will still learn from this pattern. Keep talking to the baby even if it is crying, even if it is crying loud enough it can not hear you. Keep telling it you will come as soon as you can. Young infants and children learn through repetition. Eventually your young baby will learn to wait patiently when it must. Singing this to your child can give the child added comfort. Repeatedly sing something like this. "I am coming ,coming coming, I am coming to help you." It is silly I know but it works. Just keep repeating, your baby will learn through repetition and patterns.
* For an older baby you can help him learn to wait for something through repetious singing also. Like when my 18 month old wants to join his older sisters outside and is crying because he can not open the door. I scoop him up in my arms and as I bundle him up to go out side I sing something like this "You are going outside after your coat is on, you are going out side after your shoes are on..." This repitious song can help them gain confidence that their needs will be met and teach them about processes.
* Eventually you will become like the baby whisperer and know what your baby needs. But even still there will always be times when you do not know what your baby needs or how to help them be happy, at these times start with nursing to make things more simple for you and your baby.
* When it is time for you to leave your child with someone else do not sneak out when your baby is not looking. If you do you will loose your childs trust. Even your young infant will learn to trust you through repition. I may be silly but when my child is old enough to notice me leaving him I pick them up and tell them. "Mama is leaving you for about 2 hours, Aunt Dee will be here to take care of you, and I will be back soon." If you consistently tell your child you are leaving and consistently tell them you are coming back, they will learn to trust you. If a child is afraid that you will sneak out on them at any time they will try harder to not let you get away with that trick. Tension will rise and it will get harder and harder to sneak out. Better to let the child cry at parting at first and gain trust. Then to break their trust and sneak out and have the child cry anyways when they realize that you snuck away.


Warnings

* If you are just switching to this on-demand-nursing method you will find that all transitions are difficult. Your baby will want to test the waters and make sure that you will pick him up and comfort him whenever he wants you to. You will find that at first your baby will need and ask for much much more attention. Like with every other thing in life your baby is testing the new limits. Have faith and know that once you teach your child "I will respond quickly to your needs." He will gain confidence in this fact and develop confidence in this fact, and need attention less, and be comforted more quickly.
* Every where you turn you can get advice on how to raise a baby, and most likely you do get it everywhere you turn weather or not you want it. Much of this advice will come at you in a black and white form. "You must do X inorder to be a good mother, if you don't do exactly X everything will fail." These doomsday ultimate predictions are never correct. You are a unique being, your baby is a unique being. What works for you and your infant is a unique solution that only you can find. No one can tell you what will work for you and your infant. They can only tell you what worked for them and their infant. Babies are resilient. Being a normal good mother, finding your own best way, making mistakes, and having imperfect moments is part of life. Please whatever you do do not cause yourself more emotional stress by being harsh on yourself if you do not follow my advice to the T, or anyone else's advice. The way it works for me will not be the exact same way it works for you. Take in the parts that improve your life and leave out the parts that stress you. You are custom making your own unique solution.
* If your baby is in a social mood she will quickly wrap you around her little finger and make you forget all your to-do's. Go with it, Your little darling is only this little for a short time.