Babywearing

Soon they are best friends (Part 4 in a series on having baby #2)

June 13, 2009




This is the fourth and last post in a series on preparing for a second baby. If you haven’t read them already, check out the first part What on earth were we thinking?,  second part To tandem or not to tandem, and third part Move over: making room for one more in the bed. It [...]

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My babywearing stash (outgoing and staying)

June 12, 2009




As part of the Babywearing Stash link-up over on Adventures in Babywearing, I am sharing some pics of my current babywearing stash with you all. My baby is now 2 and I’m certainly not using them all on a regular basis and I’m getting ready to shed some of them. The first six should be [...]

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Nursing a Toddler in a Ring Sling

May 5, 2009




I’m posting this picture of nursing a toddler in a ring sling as part of the “This is what a nursing toddler looks like” carnival being organized by @TopHat8855 from the bee in your bonnet. Below the post, I’ll be linking up to the other carnival participants as they add their posts over the course [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Peekaboo!

March 4, 2009




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Sleep Associations: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

February 1, 2009




Sleep associations can have a big impact on the ability of babies, children and adults to drift off to sleep. When a baby first comes into the world, he is usually able to sleep just about anywhere but doesn’t sleep for long stretches. Over time, your baby’s ability to sleep anywhere will change and sleep [...]

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Mirena follows in Motrin’s footsteps

December 18, 2008




They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Perhaps that is what Mirena is counting on here. But I’m not impressed. When Motrin put out an inaccurate and insulting advertising about babywearing, telling moms that babywearing was painful but it was good pain and you should just take Motrin to deal with it, they [...]

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Pushing Away: Away-facing strollers stress babies

November 22, 2008




I just came across a great article to demonstrate the pushing away concept that I talked about in my post on attachment parenting, when I was comparing mainstream parenting to attachment parenting. Check out this article from CNN: Study: Away-facing strollers stress babies LONDON, England (CNN) — Parents who choose a stroller that seats their [...]

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Double the babies, double the work, double the leave?

November 19, 2008




In Canada, parents can take up to one year of leave after a baby is born. That includes 17.5 weeks of maternity leave for the birth mother (and 5 weeks of paternity leave for the father in Quebec), as well as an additional 32 weeks of parental leave that can be taken by the mother, [...]

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What is attachment parenting?

November 16, 2008




I decided to get back to basics with my post today. I’ve faced a lot of misunderstanding recently about what Attachment Parenting is, so I wanted to clarify what it is to me and how it is different from other styles of parenting. Attachment Parenting Philosophy Attachment parenting is not a list of rules. It [...]

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Long lasting value of a woven wrap

November 13, 2008




Since so many people enjoyed yesterday’s post, I thought I would continue with the International Babywearing Week theme today. After putting up my post yesterday, I realized it had been a while since I had little Miss Independent (“WALK!!”) in my wrap, so I decided to hoist all 19 months and 25 pounds of her [...]

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