July 2009

It takes a village to raise a child

July 31, 2009




A lot of parents that practice attachment parenting or natural parenting point to the fact that this is the way children are often raised in traditional societies. This is true, to a great extent, but there is one big exception. In our society we seem to feel that practicing attachment parenting means that the parents [...]

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Right, wrong and the evolution of culture

July 28, 2009




If I could sum up in 140 characters or less the root of the controversy at BlogHer this weekend and perhaps the root of controversy in life in general, it would be this: At BlogHer there were the crazed consumers and the environmentalists. There were the moms wearing babies and the women hating babies. There [...]

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BlogHer ’09 Chicago: I survived

July 27, 2009




I was reminded this weekend that there are different types of exhaustion and sleep deprivation. As a mom of two, I have very recent and extensive experience with lack of sleep. But the lack of sleep that comes from being woken constantly by a baby and the exhaustion of chasing a toddler is so completely [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: This is summer!

July 22, 2009




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Can breastfeeding promotion learn something from drunk-driving ads?

July 19, 2009




Please note that I am not comparing formula feeding to drunk driving. Let me be 100% clear about that before anyone gets their nose out of joint. A new study conducted by Magdalena Cismaru, Anne M. Lavack, and Evan Markewich at the University of Regina found that Canadian drunk-driving ads are more effective than those [...]

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Does becoming a parent restrict your social circle?

July 18, 2009




Photo credit: Effloresco on flickr Was there ever a time when you met a new friend, someone you bonded with so quickly and so instantly, that you started to drift away from your other friends? Have you ever been swept of your feet by a new love and be so absorbed in that relationship that [...]

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Third and final post on Canadian Family

July 17, 2009




My third and final guest blog post just went up on the Canadian Family blog.  Today I’m giving my personal perspective on my reasons for choosing attachment parenting: Fostering meaningful and rewarding relationships Head over there and check it out and drop me a comment with your thoughts.

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Second guest post on Canadian Family

July 15, 2009




My second guest blog post just went up on the Canadian Family blog.  Today I’m talking about going back to work and weaning…or not weaning. Reconsidering the 11 month wean Head over there and check it out and drop me a comment with your thoughts.

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Wordless Wednesday: Elmo wears a tutu

July 15, 2009




Oma with Ballet Elmo and the Dragon

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Learning and Nodding: Raising My Boychick

July 13, 2009




I read a lot of blogs. A lot of them I read so that I can get my daily head nodding exercise. Yup. I agree. You said it so well. Fabulous. Some of them I read because they write about things I don’t know much about and would like to learn more about. A few [...]

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