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8 May 2013 by not a wild hera
Thanks to friends and RSS feeds, I came across a few different articles over the weekend that all stayed with …
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Category: babies, books, co-sleeping, conflict of parenting philosophy, culture, kids, media, motherhood, parenting, teenagers, well-being
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Tags: CIO, controlled crying, ethnopaediatrics, Jay Griffiths, Kith, Meredith Small, Our Babies, Ourselves, Patchwork Parenting Manifesto, sleep training
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24 April 2013 by not a wild hera
Breastfeeding as a spiritual practice: yes. I appreciated this article by American minister Courtney Belcher Ellis. Like, dare I say, …
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Category: babies, breastfeeding, feminism, food, motherhood, parental leave, pastor, prayer, self-care, spiritual practices, spirituality, the daily office, working mothers
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Tags: Courtney Belcher Ellis, The Sacrament of Breastfeeding
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21 April 2013 by not a wild hera
I came across two good news stories today, and I thought I would share them, to balance out all the …
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Category: attachment parenting, babies, kids, media, motherhood, news, parenting, toddlers
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Tags: A Mighty Girl, fire, rescue, shopping, tantrums, the Warehouse, Tiana Levi, Wellington
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6 April 2013 by not a wild hera
The most common question people have about co-sleeping may actually be about sex, but as I said in the comments …
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Category: attachment parenting, babies, co-sleeping, motherhood, parenting, sleep, teenagers, toddlers, well-being
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Tags: co-sleeping, independence, Lulastic, research, Steven Covey, toddler development
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23 March 2013 by not a wild hera
Nah, don’t worry, I’m not going to launch into a breastfeeding campaign using biblical texts to convince you of anything. …
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Category: babies, Bible, breastfeeding, community, culture, feminism, hospitality, kids, motherhood, spirituality
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Tags: breastfeeding in church, breastfeeding in public, Dulce de Leche, mastitis, mother-in-law, Peter
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4 March 2013 by not a wild hera
We didn’t intend to become ‘attachment parents.’ We don’t tick all the boxes, but we could certainly sneak into an …
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Category: attachment parenting, babies, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, fatherhood, health, motherhood, parenting, partners, science, sleep, well-being
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Tags: bassinet, bed, co-sleeping, cot death, crib death, front-pack, ginormous bed, howtobeadad, Lulastic, New Zealand, research, safe co-sleeping, SIDS, SUDI
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21 January 2013 by not a wild hera
When SBJ turned one, several friends were kind enough to address congratulations to me (some to my husband, too, of …
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Category: babies, motherhood, parenting, toddlers
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Tags: birthday party, extraversion
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4 January 2013 by not a wild hera
You can tell by the volatile weather, road closures and slow news days that it’s the middle of the summer …
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Category: babies, communicating with kids, consumerism, eco, health, money, parenting, pregnancy
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Tags: cloth nappies, cloth wipes, diapers, disposable nappies, drying, Ecobots, elimination communication, environment, Itti Bitti, landfill, laundry, Lulastic, nappy-changing, reusable, routine, soapnuts, Tots Bots, washable, washing, waste, wet-bags
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2 January 2013 by not a wild hera
I was driving up Ngamotu Road a couple of years ago when someone on Radio New Zealand National made a brilliant …
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Category: babies, health, kids, money, parenting, pregnancy, science, teenagers
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Tags: addiction, ASH, New Year's Guide, New Zealand, nicotine, Quitline, Radio New Zealand National, second-hand smoke, smokefree, Smokefree Environments Act, smoking, smoking cessation
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29 December 2012 by not a wild hera
Take a deep breath, parents. This is a manifesto of cooperative parenting, and I’m pretty pumped about it. As AHLondon …
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Category: attachment parenting, babies, blogging, books, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, communicating with kids, community, conflict of parenting philosophy, culture, emotional well-being, fatherhood, feminism, friends, home, kids, language, media, motherhood, parenting, rant, science, teenagers, television, working mothers
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Tags: brilliant and amazing, Patchwork Parenting Manifesto, Spongebob Squarepants
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