I grew up in a home where love was shown through food. Baked goods to be exact. Luckily I got off easy. With the exception of my 14th year when I attempted to be bulimic (I could never get past the gagging part and I was scared of Ex-Lax™) and live off Slim Fast™ and Fibre [...]
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I have been a vegetarian for approximately 18 years. Over the years I have come to learn how to be a very healthy vegetarian and I have enjoyed excellent health as a result of learning about the nutritional benefits of my diet. This is turn has fueled my passion and my reasons for becoming vegetarian [...]
What happens to Haiti when the rainy season comes? When this already impoverished country has been destroyed by an earthquake and multiple devastating aftershocks? When there is little to no shelter or sanitation?
More people die. Babies and children die from preventable waterborne illnesses like diarrhea and malaria.
However, Save The Children is doing their best to [...]
Mouth meets gravel.
Oh, how it hurts.
“Help me mama!”
“I have a fat lip!”
Milkies make it all better.
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Welcome to the January Carnival of Natural Parenting: Parenting resolutions!
This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month we’re writing about how we want to parent differently — or the same — in the New Year. Please read to the end [...]
There are some findings from a new study going around that claims breast milk is not vital for an infant’s optimum health. According to Professor Sven Carlsen, the leader of the Norweigan team of scientists who conducted the study, the conditions of the mother’s womb, specifically the balance of hormones, is a more important variable [...]
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This is post #2 in my Mental Health and Breastfeeding series. The other posts can be found here, here and here.
In her article Does breastfeeding really protect against postpartum depression? Lauren Hale from the Atlanta Northside New Moms Examiner discusses one study’s findings that postpartum depression is the result of biochemical hormonal changes in the postpartum period.
She also [...]
