June 2010

Wordless Wednesday: Self-Photography (How to Entertain Kids at a Wedding)

June 30, 2010




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What is the gold standard in infant nutrition?

June 29, 2010




I’m pretty sure evidence says the gold standard in infant nutrition is breast milk. Even Nestlé pretends to agree with that.  But for some reason Nestlé is telling health care workers in Dubai that its formula is the new “Gold Standard” in infant nutrition. I’m confused. Aren’t you? More info: See “updates” section of Baby [...]

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Society is creepy (not breastfeeding)

June 27, 2010




The lactivist community is up in arms over an editorial by Kathryn Blundell that appeared in the UK magazine Mother and Baby. The editorial, called I formula-fed. SO WHAT? is a personal rant by a woman who chose not to breastfeed.  When I read it, it immediately made me think of two other articles that [...]

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HopTye: Part wrap, part mei tai

June 23, 2010




This is the carrier I dreamed of when my baby (now 3 years old) was much smaller. I loved my mei tai, but hated how the straps dug into my shoulders after wearing a heavy baby for a long time. I loved my woven wraps, but hated the amount of work that it took to [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Serenity

June 23, 2010




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The Poonish Man

June 22, 2010




One day when I picked Julian up from preschool, he was grinning from ear to ear and in a great mood. When we got into the car, he couldn’t wait to tell me about his day: “In Spanish class, I got to be the Poonish Man”, he said.  “The Poonish Man?”, I asked. “Yes” he [...]

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Gay pride across party lines?

June 19, 2010




Today we took the kids to the Christopher Street Day Parade (gay pride parade), which is part of the larger Berlin Pride Festival. The parade was great and the costumes were fabulous. The kids enjoyed it and so did we. It was pretty much what I expected, with one exception: The politics. When the float [...]

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Progressive parenting from a position of privilege?

June 18, 2010




I am privileged. My husband is privileged. We are white, able-bodied, upper middle class, overeducated, multilingual, well travelled and in a heterosexual relationship. We are raising our two privileged children, a boy and a girl. My partner and I are both very aware of our privilege. We both love and celebrate diversity. We both have [...]

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Oh those technology obsessed neglectful parents…

June 17, 2010




We all have good days and bad days. Some days are full of smiles and laughter. Other days are full of arguments and frustration. There are always moments when the kids come first and moments when something else has to come first. That happens on both good days and bad days. We cannot make our [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: I dressed myself

June 16, 2010




Dora PJ shirt backwards and inside out. Brother’s underwear over hot pink shorts.

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