How to Discreetly Breastfeed Your Baby in Public

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If you are a first time mother, you will most likely have some apprehension about breastfeeding in public unless you grew up on a hippie commune. The biggest hurdle first time mothers face is the decision [...]

ABC News Video: Formula Samples Undermine Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding advocates have long known that free formula samples undermine exclusive breastfeeding by giving tired, frustrated mothers an easy out in the first few weeks of breastfeeding. Formula manufacturers have long known the same thing and they know that they best way to get mothers and babies hooked on the formula cycle is to [...]

SIDS, Cribs and Cosleeping

SIDS. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Hearing those four little words or the one little acronym can strike fear in the heart of any new parent. SIDS is real, random, quick and totally unexpected. Parents will naturally do anything in their power to prevent the unthinkable from happening to their perfectly healthy [...]

Breastfeeding Celebrity

No celebrity is more spotlighted than Angelina Jolie and it is simply delightful that she shared this picture with us and hopefully inspires her legions of followers to toss the artificial baby food and give breastmilk a try.

Man gives away spanking paddles

Every idiot needs a village and this idiot’s village is Pittsburg.
According to an article in Pittsburgh Live.com, a homeschooling mother, Susan Lawrence, is spearheading efforts to stop some nutcase from giving away paddles designed to spank children. The photo attached to the article shows this lunatic wielding what appears to be a [...]

Importance of Bonding and Touch

First time parents are in for the experience of a lifetime! After surviving 9 months of pregnancy, a wardrobe of maternity clothes, baby showers, and decorating the nursery with care, you have gone through the exciting, heroic experiences of labor and delivery. Now you are ready to begin your new life as first-time parents!
First-Time Parent [...]

Prepare for New Baby with These Tried and True Items

Search the net and you’re sure to find list upon list of what you need for a new baby. Most of those lists go way overboard. Babies don’t usually need much at all. Here’s a list of what I found, through my own experiences, to be the most useful.

Clothing
Plenty of t-shirts and sleepers - [...]

Positive Child Discipline

Time-out sucks…away your child’s emotional security

One of the most commonly used parenting techniques in current day used throughout schools, homes, and day cares is “time-out”. “Timeout” is based primarily on a way of thinking that implies children act out for attention. Therefore, if a child is acting out ‘for’ attention, you don’t want to reward [...]

Video: G-Diapers - a cloth/disposable hybrid

This is a great video about the new G-Diaper which is the only eco-friendly disposable/cloth hybrid on the market today. While I am a very vocal advocate for elimination communication (aka diaper free baby), I also know that going totally diaperless is fairly difficult if you ever shop or travel or pretty much do [...]

Elimination Communication: Diaper Free Baby

According to those who use the technique, Elimination Communication is the practice of being responsive to a child’s need to eliminate wastes, and giving him the means to express this need clearly to his caregiver, regardless of his age. It also includes some training, called “cueing” through which the child associates a sound, place, object [...]