“Good” Children – at What Price?

“Good” Children – at What Price?
The Secret Cost of Shame
by Robin Grille and Beth Macgregor
A five-month-old baby is lying in his mother’s arms. He is close to sleep, then wakes and begins to cry. His mother tells him that he should stop being a naughty boy, and that she will be cross with him if [...]

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Help Protect Home births in NH…write a letter to the Board of Nursing

The NH Board of Nursing is attempting to take the right of home births and births in free standing birth centers away from women and children in the next 2 weeks. Basically, the Board of Nursing is planning to issue an Opinion that CNMs (Certified Nurse Midwives) may not attend [...]

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Vaccine Rights: Vaccine Legal Exemptions

I came across this site today on a parenting message board.  I want to keep it close at hand. Perhaps others who do not vaccniate and need to send their children to school will find this useful.
http://www.vaccinerights.com/resources.html

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Planning a Homebirth with a Toddler

How many issues do you have to think about when planning a homebirth with a toddler?The most obvious is who is going to be with the toddler for essential needs if you are in hard labor (eating, changing diapers, etc. etc.). I want my midwife and my doula to focus on me. [...]

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The way pregnancy is calculated is really warped!

Get this. We conceived either January 8th or 11th. Look what someone said:
If your conception date was January 8th, your EDD would be September 30th, and you would be 4 weeks and 4 days pregnant, but only 2 weeks and 4 days past conception.
If your conception date was January 11th, your EDD would [...]

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Who should attend our birth?

This is the biggest issue for me right now.  Something that I am racking my brain about.  I am worried about Ethan.  Matt will be present, of course.  As will my midwife and possibly an intern with her (thats fine with me).  We are having a home birth.  So, who else will attend?  I want [...]

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Daily Food Log

Feb. 8
2 cups coffee
2 pkgs. oatmeal
raw milk (thats all i drink)
2 chix tortillas w/ black beans
raw milk
large orange
2 handfulls of peanuts
diet soda (bad!)
Chix Quesidillas from Friendlys
Strawberry Fribble from Friendlys
Feb. 7
2 pgs. oatmeal
milk
pasta and veggie soup
milk
2 eggs
1 cheese stick
diet soda
chicken rice dinner
squash and zucchinni
milk
3 oranges
and im still hungry!
Feb. 6
ok, i need to do better at keeping [...]

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A Few Parenting Resource Websites

A Few Parenting Resource Websites

Enjoy Parenting with Scott Noelle
http://www.enjoyparenting.com/
“The greatest gift you can give your children is to enjoy parenting them!
That’s the conclusion I’ve come to after years of studying the best available information on alternative, holistic, and natural parenting — applying it with my own family, and coaching like-minded parents.”
http://www.scottnoelle.com/
Natural Child [...]

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Gentle Discipline/Attachment Parenting Books

Someone asked about which parenting books I am reading. Here is the most comprehensive list I can find.
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk HAVE
by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Siblings Without Rivalry HAVE
by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families HAVE
by [...]

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Good Children – At What Price? The Secret Cost of Shame

“Good” Children – at What Price?
The Secret Cost of Shame
by Robin Grille and Beth Macgregor
A five-month-old baby is lying in his mother’s arms. He is close to sleep, then wakes and begins to cry. His mother tells him that he should stop being a naughty boy, and that she will be cross with him if [...]

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