Every day, we make little decisions. Coffee or tea with breakfast? Walk or bike to work? Pants or a skirt? These are decisions that don’t really make a difference in the way we live our lives. It’s not going to change the world if you have tea instead of coffee, whether you walk or bike. [...]
Most days, I’m completely happy and confident in my decision to practice full term nursing or child-lead weaning. My son will be 3 in January and continues to nurse several times a day. I know its health benefits and I know that while it’s not the “norm” in the United States, it certainly isn’t uncommon [...]
Tags: breastfeeding, child lead weaning, extended breastfeeding, nursing toddlers
Freaky good, that is. Artist David Foote’s “Madonna and Child” series is on display starting October 27th through November 27th at St. John’s Lutheran Church in NYC. Yes, a church! And yes, there are topless images of the Holy Mother rendered by a current artist. Unsettling? Maybe. Even to me. A raised Catholic, now all [...]
I tried the cry it out method last night. Actually, it tried me. I didn’t want my son to cry cry cry CRY Waaaaaaaaaa every hour, but his little cold, paired with a lot of teething made it a very trying night for all of us. Except his twin sister who slept through the whole [...]
Tags: CIO, cry it out
The United States uses about 4.8 billion gallons of water a day, nearly 80% of that for irrigation and thermoelectric power. The average person uses up to 100 gallons of water a day. Every time you flush your toilet, you are flushing up to 2 gallons of water. My toddler is potty trained (3 year [...]
Tags: blog action day, brushing teeth, children, dishwasher, responsibility, reusable water bottles, teaching, toilet, water
Water. It’s a resource that plenty of us take for granted. After all, we can just go to the grocery store and buy cases of plastic bottles of the stuff, jugs of it, have barrels of it delivered to our door, or just turn on our faucet. You don’t really have to work for [...]
Tags: #boonestle, #nonestle, being green, blog action day, environment, plastic, research
I took my son to a new school, and eventually had concerns about the way the classroom was run. I spoke to the principal and the teacher privately, who assured me that their methods were good enough and all kids that had been taught with this method turned out just fine. That was good enough [...]
Tags: advice, education, health & medicine, parenting choices
V magazine might be obsessed with breastfeeding … or perhaps they just revealed themselves to be a La Leche League donor. Most recently they featured a photoshoot that included a woman squirting breastmilk at a naked man on all fours and a few months ago, they featured this image. A beyond hot, how-did-she-get-those-legs woman blowing [...]
Two phrases from the newest Gerber Generation commercials: “The nutrition children get in the first 5 years can affect their health forever. Think about that.” “Together, we can create a healthier generation, and it starts with you.” Good advice, Gerber, thanks! I will keep that in mind as I completely skip everything labeled “Gerber” at [...]
Tags: breastfeeding, food, formula, Gerber, health & medicine, healthy eating, Nestle, nutrition
Breastfeeding is sexy. And before you start dripping with anger, I don’t mean sexual. If you don’t know the difference than you’re probably the type who has to shut all the lights and put a sign on your door during Halloween because you are a pervert. It’s sexy because it’s a beautiful act. And there’s [...]
