Co-sleeping

Co-Sleeping Safety

January 11, 2009




As a follow-up to my post on the benefits of co-sleeping, I wanted to write a post about co-sleeping safety. I think this is important because too many people either believe that it is unsafe and therefore avoid it at all costs or they don't think twice about safety and can end up putting their [...]

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Benefits of Co-Sleeping

January 9, 2009




When a baby is on the way, most parents spend hours, days or weeks preparing a beautiful nursery with a gorgeous crib. Society tells us that babies sleep on their own, in a crib, in a different room from their parents. More recently, health authorities have started suggesting that the safest place for a baby [...]

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Showing Appreciation for Underappreciated Posts

January 1, 2009




For my first blog post of the New Year, I have decided to give back to my followers. I asked on twitter for people to send me links to their underappreciated posts from 2008. Things that they wrote that didn't get the exposure or recognition that they deserved. I am using this post to give [...]

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Book Review: The No-Cry Nap Solution (by Elizabeth Pantley)

December 28, 2008




I should preface this by saying that I own and have read many of Elizabeth Pantley's other No-Cry books. As many of my readers know, I am supportive of a no-cry approach, so when I was given the opportunity to read and review the No-Cry Nap Solution on my blog, it seemed like a natural [...]

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Night Owls

December 19, 2008




Some animals are nocturnal, but people are not. So Alicja e-mailed to ask me what she could do about her daughter that was waking up in the middle of the night and wanting to go out. Here are some excerpts from her story: We sleep together and we all enjoy it. Maya is nursing frequently [...]

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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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What are your nap challenges?

December 16, 2008




I'm excited to have been asked to review Elizabeth Pantley's most recent book, the No Cry Nap Solution. I have two children and each of them had their own nap habits and challenges. But I know that other people have had different experiences and different challenges. To help me assess the book and also make [...]

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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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A working mom seeks balance

October 5, 2008




Mommy guilt. Just about every mother suffers from it, but there is no cure.  It seems no matter how much we give, how hard we try, in our own minds it isn’t enough. Some days I feel like a do a pretty good job of balancing my career, my family, and myself.  But other days, [...]

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A new chapter

September 27, 2008




Once again this week, I was reminded that children will develop and grow at their own pace. Our son, who recently turned 4, decided three days ago that he would go to sleep by himself. On a usual night in our house, I put our daughter to bed and my husband puts our son to [...]

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