I think one thing we can all agree on, especially if you have come to read this blog, is that breast milk is not what is best for babes – it is what is normal. It is a standard, and while it’s good that formula exists and is readily available, doesn’t every baby deserve breast [...]
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February 1st, 2012 Natural Child Birth – Are you prepared?
If you are hoping to have a natural birth, attending a birth preparation class is a good way to prepare yourself mentally and physically for challenges of labor. There’s no substitute for hands-on practice and the wisdom gained by interaction with instructors who have valuable experience and advice. Most class participants find that attending a [...]
January 22nd, 2012 Herbs and Natural Remedies for Pregnancy, Labor, and Beyond
Herbs and natural remedies aren’t just for “crunchy granola” families, especially not during pregnancy. Pregnancy is a wondrous time period in a woman’s life, but it can also be an uncomfortable one. Despite the additional aches and pains, expectant mamas are limited in the types of prescription and over-the-counter medications they can use since most [...]
January 1st, 2012 Top 10 Reasons to use Wool Diaper Covers
Here in the deep south people hear the word ‘wool’ and they start scratching and sweating. This is what us southerners don’t know: Wool is breathable! Wool is cooler than synthetics and it’s definitely cooler than disposables. I can hear you thinking, but wool is scratchy! Commercial wools in sweaters, hats and scarves are processed [...]
December 1st, 2011 Baby and Me Yoga
Sometimes it seems that just leaving the house is an accomplishment, let alone finding time to exercise! As a first time mom, and a regular yoga practitioner, I was finding it to be increasingly more difficult to practice yoga at home or to take a class as my daughter, Indigo, grew. I found myself getting [...]
October 31st, 2011 Project Daycare
Whenever I am faced with a challenge regarding choices I have made for my child and family I think of this Peggy O’Mara quote: “We may appear to be heretical for questioning the dominant parenting practices of our times, for challenging authority, for making individual and sometimes controversial decisions regarding the welfare of our family…but [...]
September 29th, 2011 Moving to trash-free lunches!
Lunches! How to pack it and what they’ll eat – I’m still figuring this one out myself since Ingrid turns her nose up at yesterday’s favorite on a regular basis – but I’ll share with you where we’re at. The days of paper lunch bags, plastic baggies, foil and plastic utensils are behind us. And, [...]
August 28th, 2011 My Adventure in Cloth Wiping (or I’m Hooked)
As of this August, I have cloth diapered for a total of 4 consecutive years. I have loved every second of it and am definitely a connoisseur of diapers – I just cleared out about half my stash and I still have enough diapers for my little one! We recycle, garden, we don’t even buy [...]
August 2nd, 2011 Becoming a Milk Donor
Something I was reading one day mentioned donating breast milk. Whoa. I had to know more. It was a very good feeling to think that my freezer full of milk may not go to waste. It was slightly odd to think of someone else’s baby drinking my milk. The article mentioned that although some hospitals [...]
July 3rd, 2011 Traveling with Cloth
To travel with cloth or not? Doesn’t this question always come up on diaper and natural parenting sites? When I first started cloth diapering I was super excited and traveled with my cloth—even without having a good system for doing so. Well, it ended up being hugely burdensome and the next time I traveled I [...]