Gentle Parenting

Co-Sleeping

The Absolute Moment I Was Never More Thankful We Bed-Share

15.06.2012
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I can finally see my life going back to normal now. Bean had another follow up doctors appointment almost 2 months after this whole ordeal started — and today she got the ALL OKAY from her amazing doctor. I am so thankful that she received the care she did — the entire two months taking [...]

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Co-Sleeping

Contrary To Wide-Spread Myth, Co-Sleeping Strengthened Our Marriage

05.06.2012
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When people hear that my husband and I co-slept with Bean for the first 2.5 years of her life before moving her to the room with her siblings, it’s nearly always met with a gasp. Then snide comments about how we must not have a great marriage/sex life always happens after. The truth is Bean [...]

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Gentle Parenting

The Pro’s and Con’s of Adding Another Child

16.11.2011
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My baby fever is in overdrive this week. After a flurry of friends announcing that they are pregnant or having gorgeously round pregnant bellies I’m more convinced then ever that I want more children. I am not sure if I am any closer to having more – but I think my husband and I are [...]

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My Son Is No Longer Playing Catch Up At School

02.11.2011
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Big P is a middle December baby boy. If born only a few weeks later he would be a 2006 baby. Doesn’t mean a lot for most things, but can mean a lot in terms of school. School years start and kids are categorized as far as what age they will be by the end [...]

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Breastfeeding

Formula Companies, WHO Code and Breastfeeding

13.09.2011
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There has been a lot of attention recently about a popular website having ‘formula advertising’ on their website. A spark that came a breastfeeding advocate who removed her nomination from a competition to win money for charity due to a conflict in her advocacy and not wanting ‘blood money’ from a formula company. The ad in question [...]

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Top Ten Reasons We Didn’t “Sleep Train” Our Kids

26.07.2011
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My kids were not ‘good’ sleepers so my husband and i were well versed in the effects of sleep deprivation. Friends suggested we ‘sleep train’, some family members suggested it, and we even had a random doctor suggest it.  Here are our top ten reasons we never took that advice and did not sleep train [...]

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Perfectionism & Mom Guilt. My Curse.

17.05.2011
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I am a self-defined & peer acknowledged perfectionist.  It can be paralyzing at times & my Mommy coined me as having ‘perfection paralysis’.  It’s something I’ve had for ever – as long as i can remember.  There has been no defining moment that i am aware of that set me on this path & my parents [...]

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Why Do Some Only See ‘Black’ or ‘White’ in Parenting?

10.02.2011

Social media is amazing. It has brought so much to my life – new friendships, new connections and an amazing wealth of information.  There is kind of a dark side that brought up something I never really paid attention to in my life before. The Good and Bad. The Black and White. The idea that [...]

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Breastfeeding

Wordless: N.A.K & Blogging

02.02.2011

(N.A.K = nursing at keyboard)

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