Today I would like to welcome Dionna, who has written a guest post on tips for hiking with toddlers. Dionna is a lawyer turned work at home mama of an amazing son. You can normally find Dionna over at Code Name: Mama where she shares information, resources, and her thoughts on natural parenting and life [...]
Have you ever used Reglan or Domperidone to increase your milk supply? If the answer is yes, The United States Lactation Consultant Association needs your assistance with an important survey of Domperidone and Reglan in breastfeeding mothers. Dr. Thomas Hale and Kathllen Kendall-Tackett have constructed an on-line survey to study the side effects of these [...]
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I asked my friend Diana to write a guest post for the Body Image Carnival because I immediately knew she would have valuable insights to share from her life. Diana has had eight major surgeries, starting at age twelve, which scarred her body and put her through a lifelong process of grappling with body image in a culture [...]
Today I’m proud to welcome my friend Diana, who has written a post for The Body Image Carnival about her journey to loving her body. Diana is a foodie-goddess-extraordinaire, writer and massage therapist. She has written the food column for Cottage Magazine, and contributed articles for Shambhala Sun, Chatelaine, Flare, Vancouver Magazine, and Western Living. On [...]
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Ah. Breasts. It’s not just men who obsess about them. We do too. It starts in adolescence. “Are they growing fast enough? Will they be big enough to attract a boy? How do they look in clothes?” We love them or we hate them. Sometimes we’re ambivalent towards them. But not usually. My own feelings [...]
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Recently I had a reader ask me if I could post something about nursing an adopted baby. Since I have no experience in this area and feel that personal stories are worth far more than any research that I or anyone else could drum up, I decided to go on a little search. Luckily, I [...]
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I received the following letter over the weekend from a woman who wished to share her story with as many people as possible. The same letter has already been posted on the Mommy News Blog, but I decided to print it here too. I also have a different slant on this. I have left out [...]
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