Is it always bad to advertise for baby bottles? Does it always break the WHO International Code of Marketing Breast milk Substitutes? Would it be unethical of a blog to advertise for baby bottles if no imagery was used? What about if that site was a beastfeeding site and the ad was meant solely for [...]
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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 [...]
I suffer from the antics of a twiddling toddler. Perhaps some of you can relate? She doesn’t do it every time she nurses but she does do it when she’s really tired. Usually at those times I’m tired too. Then all of a sudden (twiddle twiddle). Argh! No! It’s too bad that twiddling is such [...]
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My toddler likes to pull on and look down my shirt from time to time. She likes to make sure her milkies are still there, I guess. This weekend, during a rare cuddle with the whole family in bed, was no exception. She took the blankets and pulled them back and pulled on my pajama [...]
I love hearing all the names kids use for breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is such a special phase of a young child’s life that I think it only appropriate for them to name this important and intimate time. My own daughter’s name for breastfeeding evolved over the couple months it took for her to [...]
Welcome to the October Carnival of Breastfeeding. The theme this month is “What I wish I knew then.” Make sure you check out the other carnival participant posts linked at the bottom of this one. They will be updated throughout the day. I wish I knew that cracked and bleeding nipples weren’t something a breastfeeding [...]
As a child, I loved my stuffed animals and dolls. I mean I *loved* them! My brother too. We treated them as though they were real. I never threw them on the floor (because they might get hurt) and I never put them on my bed face down (because they might suffocate). I tried to [...]
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