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Category Archives: Attachment Parenting
Attachment parenting topics include cooperative parenting, breastfeeding, babywearing, cosleeping, gentle discipline and non-violent communication.
Teaching Personal Responsibility to Your Children
Parents want their children to grow up to be responsible adults. Teaching them to be responsible is something else entirely. The following are smart ways of teaching your kids personal responsibilities. Perhaps you’re not sure what is meant by personal … Continue reading →
The Family Bed (a.k.a. Cosleeping) — Is It For You?
Cosleeping, or the Family Bed photo credit: sundaykofax You may have heard about “the family bed” lately. Just what is it? Basically, it is a term that refers to familial bed-sharing. Parents allow their children, including infants, to sleep in … Continue reading →
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Mother and Daughter Bonding
If you’ve been having problems with your daughter lately, try some of these mother and daughter bonding ideas to help you set your relationship on the right track. Continue reading →
Tips to Avoid the Winter Blues
How many new parents would love nothing more than to stay at home with their newborn? While many people may have the ability to do so for the first month or so, maternity leave soon runs out and it’s back … Continue reading →
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A New Perspective on CIO (Crying It Out)
Wow, this is an amazing look at cry it out from a fresh perspective. This is one of the most thought-provoking articles I have read on this topic. Check it out for yourself here: http://womanuncensored.blogspot.com/2009/12/just-let-her-cry.html I’d love to know what … Continue reading →
Another Treat
I am writing this post as I sample the pleasures of my favorite candy bar: a Symphony with almonds and toffee chips. Don’t know why, but this one just does it for me. Anyway, I had the sheer pleasure of … Continue reading →
Attachment Parenting, revisited
When I had my first daughter, I found myself naturally doing “attachment parenting”. We wore her in a baby sling or a baby carrier all the time and just included her in everything we did. Four years later, along comes … Continue reading →
Happy Easter and Vernal Equinox!
I was just reading my post last year about the Switch Witch. This year, Arianna received a craft basket full of stickers, 3 horse friends, and various art supplies. She LOVED it! There wasn’t any candy in it at all … Continue reading →
How to Safely Co-sleep with Your Infant
Well, I just watched the news story that WHAM-13 interviewed us for on Co-sleeping. It amazes me how so many parents co-sleep with their children yet public officials just give a blanket condemnation of co-sleeping rather than taking the time … Continue reading →
Happy Birthday to Me!!!
Okay, it’s my birthday (or the 10th anniversary of my 29th birthday) and I am sick! Andrew let me sleep in and then surprised me when I walked downstairs and found a new carpet there. Arianna made me a groovy … Continue reading →