<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Just 4 Mom</title> <atom:link href="http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com</link> <description>Celebrate the good, the bad and the downright ridiculous moments of motherhood.</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 19:53:56 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1</generator> <item> <title>Why I Don&#8217;t Feel Less as An LDS Woman</title> <link>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/04/07/why-i-love-being-a-mormon-woman/</link> <comments>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/04/07/why-i-love-being-a-mormon-woman/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:18:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erin Stewart]]></dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mormons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Women]]></category> <category><![CDATA[equality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ordain Women]]></category> <category><![CDATA[priesthood]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/?p=1937</guid> <description><![CDATA[I have steered clear of the Ordain Women issue, mostly because I don’t feel the same way as that group of women do about the need for women to hold the priesthood in the LDS Church. So I say do &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/04/07/why-i-love-being-a-mormon-woman/">Continue reading<span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/04/07/why-i-love-being-a-mormon-woman/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>How a Mullet Reminded Me to Let My Kids Be Themselves</title> <link>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/04/01/how-a-haircut-reminded-me-to-let-my-kids-be-themselves/</link> <comments>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/04/01/how-a-haircut-reminded-me-to-let-my-kids-be-themselves/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:48:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erin Stewart]]></dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[haircut]]></category> <category><![CDATA[independence]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/?p=1930</guid> <description><![CDATA[My 3-year-old daughter returned from a timeout in her room yesterday like this: That’s right: She gave herself the most horrific preschooler mullet of all time. 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And it stopped me cold. 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I’m sure most of us are guilty of saying or thinking that phrase with any number of endings. Life will be better when I have more money. Life will be better when &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/03/06/life-will-be-better-when/">Continue reading<span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/03/06/life-will-be-better-when/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Teaching our Daughters to Look Outward</title> <link>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/02/27/teaching-our-daughters-to-look-outward/</link> <comments>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/02/27/teaching-our-daughters-to-look-outward/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 01:29:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erin Stewart]]></dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Dads]]></category> <category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[body image]]></category> <category><![CDATA[daughters]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/?p=1908</guid> <description><![CDATA[A flurry of blogs and articles about promoting good body image in girls hit the interwebz this week. This article by a dad about the horrors of the make-up aisle set things off. He writes on his blog, “Flawless finish. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/02/27/teaching-our-daughters-to-look-outward/">Continue reading<span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/02/27/teaching-our-daughters-to-look-outward/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Dealing with the waiting of adoption</title> <link>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/02/18/dealing-with-the-waiting-of-adoption/</link> <comments>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/02/18/dealing-with-the-waiting-of-adoption/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:30:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erin Stewart]]></dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/?p=1902</guid> <description><![CDATA[After we finalized our homestudy and officially announced we are hoping to adopt, I have had lots of people ask me one question: So what’s going on with the adoption? 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I am horrible at it. I have been trying lately to not jump in and save my 6-year-old daughter so much. I answer her questions (all 10,000 of them per day), I zip up her &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/02/11/letting-our-children-fail/">Continue reading<span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/02/11/letting-our-children-fail/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Playtime Pressure</title> <link>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/02/04/playtime-pressure/</link> <comments>http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/2014/02/04/playtime-pressure/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 12:34:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erin Stewart]]></dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[playtime]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://just4mom.blogs.deseretnews.com/?p=1894</guid> <description><![CDATA[I admit I have fallen into the mommy entertainer trap. 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