January 2011

Bedtime Stories of Lightness and Darkness

January 28, 2011




I’m away at the Blissdom Conference this week and decided to use the opportunity to feature some fabulous guest posts from bloggers I love. This one, by Kelly from KellyNaturally.com shares a story about talking to your kids about difficult topics. ~~~~~ Mom, have you ever been to Mexico? Yes, Daddy and I have been before. Is [...]

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Breastfeeding Twins: Lara’s Story

January 27, 2011




I’m away at the Blissdom Conference this week and decided to use the opportunity to feature some fabulous guest posts from bloggers I love. This one, by Lara from Gliding Through Motherhood shares her story about nursing twins and her tips for prospective twin moms who want to nurse. ~~~~~ Breastfeeding was never something I [...]

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Nine Ideas to Meaningfully Reconnect with Your Child

January 25, 2011




I’m away at the Blissdom Conference this week and decided to use the opportunity to feature some fabulous guest posts from bloggers I love. This first one, by Dionna from Code Name Mama, will be especially helpful for all of us mamas at Blissdom this week as we prepare to return home and reconnect. ~~~~~~ [...]

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Dear Daughter

January 23, 2011




I’ve written a fair bit on this blog about the things I want to teach my children about sex, love, tolerance, religion, death, war, history, food, consumerism, feminism, empathy and more. So often it seems they are so busy being kids that they don’t have the time or the interest in listening. I try to [...]

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Outrage: When parents cross the line

January 19, 2011




Where’s the line? The imaginary line. The line between “do what is best for your family” and “that is cruel, abusive, neglectful.” Where is it?  Do you have one in your head? That dividing line between “not my cup of tea” and “wrong, wrong, wrong”? I do. Sometimes. It shifts and moves a bit, but [...]

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How many dates before you request prenatal genetic testing?

January 15, 2011




It can be devastating to learn that your child has a disease, whether it is a deadly one, a potentially deadly one, or one that will impact her daily life for the rest of her life. There is already a lot of controversy around prenatal screening and diagnostic tests that can be used to test [...]

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Who wins? Playing games with kids

January 13, 2011




My American expat in Germany friend Yelli (I miss everyone in Berlin!) from 50% of my DNA had a question that she hoped I would answer. She wrote: I wanted to know if you let your children win games? This is coming up more and more often in our household and to be honest, I [...]

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It’s all the same

January 9, 2011




It’s all the same, it seems. More breastfeeding pictures and pages getting banned from facebook (Momzelle, Leaky Boob, Kari Bundy). More slimy tactics by formula companies to get their products into the mouths of babies. More blog conferences announcing unreputable companies as sponsors (Nestle and more) after I’ve booked a flight and purchased a ticket. [...]

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Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta

January 5, 2011




I love photogenic museums. When we were in Berlin, I took tons of photos at the Deutsche Kinemathek museum, which has a spectacular building and gorgeous exhibits. Today we visited the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta and I snapped a few pics.

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PhD in Parenting 2010 Commenting Awards

January 3, 2011




There are a lot of blog awards out there. A lot of them are popularity contests, rewarding those who can get a lot of their friends to click on a “vote” button within a specific time period. But some are different. In 2010, we had the first ever juried Canadian Weblog Awards. I am honoured [...]

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