Archive for March, 2012

cloth diapers: collectibles?

ragababe diapers

I thought I had a problem with cloth diapers. I thought I was a cloth diaper addict. I thought I was serious about buying fancy, beautiful cloth diapers. Then I saw this. In case you don’t feel like clicking through (or if the auction has ended and you can’t see it anymore), this is an [...]

when bad deeds go unpunished

anastasia and purple tree

The other day in a forum that I visit occasionally, a mom posted a question about discipline. She was having trouble figuring out how to handle bad behavior in her highly sensitive son. She wrote in the forum “I know this behavior can’t go unpunished.” Which started me thinking: what behavior has to be punished? [...]

what to do with your old cloth diapers

great cloth diaper change logo

Is there such thing as a cloth diaper you don’t want anymore? I know for me, it’s hard to get rid of cloth diapers. Okay, so the truth is that I’ve never done it. Despite the fact that I know I can get anywhere from 50-75% of the price of new diapers for my used [...]

forget about pink slime: win a healthy, organic, free lunch!

kitchen while making lunch

A few weeks ago, I was talking to a neighbor about preschool lunches. The topic came up because I had come home to get my daughter’s lunch and bring it back to school, because I’d forgotten it. Again. This happens to me all the time. “You wouldn’t think bringing lunch to preschool would be such [...]

sneaky healthy food for a picky eater

picky eater

Like many preschoolers, my daughter is a picky eater. For some reason I always thought that my excellent feeding choices when she was a baby would result in a child who loved healthy food. And preferably exotic food. I imagined that because her first foods were steamed broccoli and free-range chicken, she’d be enjoying organic [...]

why you should breastfeed

breastfeeding vs bottlefeeding

The title of this post is misleading. I’m not going to preach at you–chances are someone has already done that. Nor am I going to list all the health benefits of breastfeeding–I know plenty of people have done that. Actually, I’m going to tell you why I think it’s totally fine if you don’t breastfeed. [...]

Friday reading

I am working on an amazing and long post about breastfeeding and judgement and intuition and being a mom. I wanted to post it today, but my daughter doesn’t have preschool (why do we not have preschool today, again? I have no idea. Is today a holiday I don’t know about?), and I am going [...]

attachment parenting as sensory therapy

Yesterday, I was honored to have a guest post at Natural Parents Network. I wrote about something I haven’t talked a lot about on this blog: my daughter’s diagnosis with sensory processing disorder. I hesitate to write about this much, because, well, I don’t want her to feel labeled. And honestly, it’s not as bad [...]

how to breastfeed in a baby carrier

breastfeeding while babywearing

I love impressing people with my babywearing skills. Even when I’m not feeling the wrap love (and therefore I feel like a wanna-be instead of a super cool hippie mama), at least I can still look cool with the things I can do with a baby carrier. When you casually toss your baby on your [...]

ten reasons you should take a cloth diaper workshop

baby with lots of diapers

I know a lot of people who thought about using cloth diapers. Most of my friends probably at least considered cloth diapers. When they were pregnant, they started researching cloth diapers online. Because that’s what you do when you’re interested in something a little out of the mainstream like cloth diapers. And that is when [...]

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