Having a baby is kind of like the first week of University. It’s like you have left the world of what you know and are thrust into this world of uncertainty. If you are lucky you may have a friend to navigate it with you, but for the most part you have to figure all […]
A couple of days ago my favourite parenting magazine Mothering said that it could no longer sustain the magazine portion of their business and that they are going to go towards an information/web only form of publication. I was shocked. Mothering has been around since the late 70’s! I could not believe that such […]
When I had my first son I was convinced that it would be super easy to breastfeed. I mean my mom breastfed all of her kids (4 of us) until the age of 2! How hard could it be? Babies are born to be breastfed right?? Well, yes….but it was not that easy. The […]
As of late I have seen many different blog posts and Facebook statuses of moms telling WHY they choose to do something one way or the other way. A lot of these posts pertain to the AP or “attachment parenting” way, or as it is now being called “instinctual”, “intuitive” or “natural” way of raising […]
When I was first a new parent 5.5years ago, I parented with my gut and agonized over the “type” of parent that I wanted to be. I had been given Babywise as a gift while pregnant and the whole book rubbed me the wrong way. I happened to stumble upon an ad for a online […]
We have all heard the term “Attachment Parenting.” It was coined by paediatrician Dr.William Sears after reading a book called “The Continum Concept” by Jane Leidloff. Combining her ideas with the work of Dr. John Bowbly he introduced AP to the world. He wrote many books and articles in magazines such as Mothering to outline […]
For a long while I have been a part of an Attachment Parenting group. I have posted about it often. Maybe too often… As I get older, or more experienced in my parenting I have come to realize that it isnt an US vs. THEM type of universe when parenting. I admit it, I could […]
When the demands of motherhood get so great that we sometimes forget who we are ourselves we need to reach out and be available to other mothers looking for the same thing. There are many different ways to support other mothers, and sometimes when life gets so hectic and busy that we forget that we […]
As soon as you announce that you are expecting the advice starts. Everyone wants to tell you what to expect for your pregnancy, your birth and parenting in general. At first you may welcome the comments because you would like to learn as much as you can. As the weeks go by, you start […]
I always knew that I was going to breastfed my children; I just never realized how hard it was going to be. My mother breastfed all 4 of her children. My siblings were nursed until 2, so I had no qualms about nursing. When we were given a video tape of common Breastfeeding problems in […]
