Babywearing

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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Wordless Wednesday: Sunset Walk in Madagascar

February 17, 2010




Found this beautiful babywearing picture on flickr (courtesy of bass_nroll’s flickr stream).

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A German-style woven wrap is a great investment

November 13, 2009




I often like to check back and see what I wrote a year ago. Last year, on this date, I wrote about the Long lasting value of a woven wrap. In that post, I included a few pictures of my Storchenwiege, which has since been passed along to my friend Jane. I still believe in [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Peekaboo!

March 4, 2009




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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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Wordless Wednesday: Hiking with Kids…Highly Recommended!

September 17, 2008




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You can’t bring your SUV on the bus

July 31, 2008




A few posts back, I mentioned in passing that I don’t really use a stroller. The truth is, we own 3 strollers. Stroller #1:The first one we bought when our son was about 6 weeks old because we needed somewhere safe, warm and dry for him to sleep while we played Ultimate frisbee on cool [...]

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Nursing in a Mei Tai at La Sagrada Familia

June 2, 2008




We spent the day walking around Barcelona today and I’m tired, so I’ll make this short and to the point. I nursed my daughter today in my EllaRoo Mei Tai at La Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona. How cool is that?

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Attachment parenting has not caught on in France

May 29, 2008




There are many reasons to love France. Great wines and cheeses. Beautiful villages. Plentiful arts and culture. There are also many reasons to hate it. Public toilets that are rarely clean, rarely have toilet paper and rarely have toilet seats. People that let their dogs poo wherever they like and don’t pick up after them. [...]

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