Category Archives: Pedagogy and Communication

Sep 06 2012
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Pedagogy and Communication

First day of class

First day of class tonight

New recycled folders

Who am I going to meet?

Runners in the NYC marathon

Fans of Greys Anatomy

One student will jump through tires in a survivor race

One student sings

Many many speech pathology undergrads

Fans of Pretty Little Liars

Mom of a 4-month old, dad of an 8-month old

All in search of a better more meaningful life in teaching for themselves and their families

A precious two hours every week

Hope I won’t disappoint

Jan 28 2012
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Pedagogy and Communication

Listening to the Experts

Parenting is such a plunge into the unknown that we often desire experts, or many other parents found through Googling to give us definite guidelines, like, “kids should only have 20 minutes of TV a day”, or “kids should sleep at 8pm every night”. These rules make us more secure as parents, so we can “parent” like many other parents are parenting.

It is scary to parent with our children as collaborators.

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Nov 08 2011
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Pedagogy and Communication

Weaning Baby From Breastfeeding Through Comics

If you have ever tried to wean a breastfed baby, you know how many sleepless nights, and kicking and screaming it often involves.

Kaikai was a rather puny preemie baby who started life drinking milk from a tube and then from a bottle while she was still in the NICU (Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit). Little did I know that when she got discharged from the NICU, she would take to the breast like erm… Cookie Monster to a cookie, or a vampire to human blood. We got into the happy habit of nursing to sleep – it was the easiest way to calm her down and get her really drowsy. Continue reading →

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