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Inviting a Doula to Your Birth
What exactly is a doula? While there are people who have heard of doulas, there are just as many who will ask me to repeat myself as if I was speaking a foreign language. In a way, they are right. The...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Breastfeeding
Countless articles, reports and doctors assure us that “breast is best,” and in terms of a newborn’s nutritional needs, of course it is. Thankfully, there are alternatives in the rare cases where...
View ArticleTouching the Stars
When we say that something is “touching,” or we are “touched by” something, we mean that we are somehow moved by it emotionally; that it reaches a place deep within our hearts. This also happens with...
View ArticleHolding On-Letting Go
“Attachment parenting,” as we know it, comes from the work of Dr. William Sears and his wife Martha Sears, R.N. They were among the leading proponents of attachment parenting in America. But the...
View ArticleSweet Sleep
We are fostering two six-week-old kittens. They sleep together all the time, and cry if we try to move them apart. Every morning when we let them roam around the house they frolic and play, going on...
View ArticleHip Dysplasia: Caring & Coping
Hip dysplasia, also referred to as developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), is widely believed to be developmental. I am not an expert on this subject, but thankfully there are those who are experts,...
View ArticleColic & Crying: Sometimes Nothing Works
Sometimes, whatever you do it is not going to work, and sometimes, doing nothing is what works best. This is true of a lot of things in life, from curing a headache to fixing a drain, but is never...
View ArticleHold Me Close
There is no way to dispute the advantages of carrying a baby as often as possible. Babywearing is the best way to keep both mother and baby happy, while allowing for the tasks that women (and men) need...
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