books

Judging a Book By Its Cover

August 12, 2011




Emma got a new book from my mom. At bedtime, I asked her if she wanted me to read the new book from Grannie. “No,” she said. “I want a different book.” So we read a different book. The next day, the same discussion. “Do you want to read the new book from Grannie?” I [...]

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Go The F**k To Sleep: Funny or Offensive?

June 18, 2011




Last weekend when we were shopping at Chapters, the book “Go The F**k To Sleep” by Adam Mansbach caught my eye. I hadn’t heard about it until that moment and I was curious what it was all about. I picked it up and leafed through it, giggling a bit at some of the bedtime scenarios [...]

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The Happiest Mom (New Book Release by Meagan Francis)

March 21, 2011




When Julian was little and I started spending time on attachment parenting forums, everyone was raving about Harvey Karp’s Happiest Baby on the Block. An anti-thesis to many of the baby trainers and baby schedulers, this book offered suggestions for creating a “fourth-trimester” like environment to help ease your baby’s transition into the world.  There [...]

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Islamic Children’s Books

March 15, 2011




This is March, which for me means I am working 12 to 14 hour days. It is part of my balance over time, not every day philosophy and reality. That means that I don’t have as much time to blog, but don’t fret! I have several amazing guest bloggers lined up this month and will [...]

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Pregnancy and Parenting Books

August 28, 2009




About a year ago, a reader asked me if I would be willing to share a list of my favourite parenting books. I said “sure” and that is when I started working on page called My Parenting Library. Last night I finally found the time to finish an initial version of it. My Parenting Library [...]

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Gentle Baby and Toddler Sleep Tips

February 28, 2009




This post provides tips for sleep deprived parents that want their babies to sleep better and, like me, do not want to use the cry it out approach. Some of these things I have learned through experience and others I’ve learned through reading research. I should note that I have not necessarily tried all of [...]

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Want a Natural Birth in a Hospital Setting? 10 Questions to Ask

February 17, 2009




Due to a variety of very odd geopolitical realities and bureaucratic idiocies I chose to have my baby delivered by an obstetrician in a hospital. I knew going into it that my choice of birth setting and birth attendant meant that my chances of having a natural birth were significantly lowered. But I was committed [...]

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Breastfeeding on Children’s Television

February 7, 2009




This is the first in what I hope will be a series of posts on where we got off track. By that I mean where society has gone in the wrong direction in terms of our child rearing practices, with potentially detrimental effects on our children and society in general. I support the rights of [...]

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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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