October 2010

A booby-trapped breastfeeding prize

October 28, 2010




I love when great bloggers guest post for me. Today, I have a wonderful guest poster, Jill from Baby Rabies, with a post that I wish she didn’t have to write and that I didn’t have to share, because I wish that ridiculous things like this didn’t happen. Please read Jill’s story about the prize [...]

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Questions for the #noNestle Boycotters: My Response

October 25, 2010




There has been a lot of talk about the Nestle boycott as part of International Nestle-free Week and as a follow-on to last night’s #noNestle twitter party. A lot of people have been asking questions about the boycott and I’m happy to answer them. Today, Kathleen from A Moment 2 Think, put up a post [...]

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International Nestle-free Week 2010: Join Us

October 25, 2010




Today marks the beginning of International Nestle-Free Week 2010. If you are not yet aware of the reasons why people boycott and protest Nestle, here is a summary from my post on why I protest Nestle’s unethical business practices: Nestlé is accused by experts of unethical business practices such as: Promoting infant formula with misleading [...]

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Babywearing gave me mothering wings

October 21, 2010




When my son Julian was born, I held him. I held him close to me with my own two arms. I enjoyed him. I took him in. I snuggled and bonded. But the time would come, as it did every day, when I wanted to get something to eat, go to the bathroom, or read [...]

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Tasers in schools?

October 18, 2010




This afternoon after picking up my kids at school, I tweeted: The replies started to flow in as I made dinner, ranging from disbelief to outrage. Let me explain and then maybe you can help. Julian said his teacher had a machine that you hold up to someone’s body and then it goes “dddzzzzztttt” (how [...]

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Think About Food

October 16, 2010




I am sometimes accused of asking too much of people. Today, for World Food Day, I want to make a simple request. I want you to think about food. I’m not going to tell you to boycott certain companies or certain ingredients. I’m not going to tell you how much to eat or what to [...]

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Uninspired

October 15, 2010




I want the words to flow, but right now they don’t. My daughter Emma has been having a rough time with some changes at school. All of my emotional energy has been poured into that. I think we have turned a corner now and things are improving, but I’m still waiting for my words and [...]

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Water: Time for Action (Blog Action Day)

October 15, 2010




I wrote this post for inclusion in Blog Action Day 2010. Thank you for reading and helping to spread the message. A lot of my blog readers are women. If you are one of them, consider what you do all day. Think of all the things you get done. You may be caring for your [...]

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10 Photos for 10/10/10

October 11, 2010




My friend Andrea from A Peek Inside the Fish Bowl had a great idea for commemorating 10/10/10. She suggested that bloggers take one picture, every hour, on the hour for 10 hours on 10/10/10 (see Andrea’s pictures here). The picture should be of whatever you happen to be looking at when the time comes. I [...]

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Bored in Ottawa? Check out Kids in the Capital

October 9, 2010




When people have lived in the same place for a long time, they often settle into a routine. They go to the same places with the same friends, filling their calendars with repeat performances. There is a lot of comfort in the familiar, but it can get boring after a while. I know that we [...]

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