I recently read a great article in Mothering Magazine called “Breastfeeding Beats the Blues” by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett. The author did a fantastic job of using research to bust common myths surrounding postpartum depression and breastfeeding. This piece hit especially close to home, as I vividly remember watching my friend struggle with and pull herself [...]
Tags: breastfeeding, evidence based, mothering, nursing, postpartum depression, PPD
Recently, while taking my two and a half year old son to the pool, I was startled by a sign at the front desk. The sign let patrons know that children over the age of 18 months were not allowed in the locker rooms designated for the opposite sex. 18 months?!?! Really? When I shared [...]
Tags: inappropriate, naked, nudity, parenting, pool, sex, the talk, toddler
I’ll admit it. I am a geek. I enjoy many a thing that when I was in school was only acceptable within small circles. ThinkGeek didn’t exist, and only super-nerds knew what Linux was. God forbid I try to make a Trumpet Windsock or TCP/IP reference, I’d be stared at like I had five heads. [...]
