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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Healthytoys.org

Our children’s toys are filled with alot of crap! Check out this article and the site from healthytoys.com.
Following are some other highlights of from the healthytoys.org study:
* Lead: When children are exposed to lead, the developmental and nervous system consequences are irreversible. Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended [...]

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9 things to do instead of spanking a child

Many parents think spanking is OK.  Its NOT.  Here is a great article.
Feature Article: 9 Things to do Instead of Spanking
9 Things to do Instead of Spanking
- by Kathryn Kvols
Research confirms what many parents instinctively feel when they don’t like to spank their child, but they don’t know what else to do. The latest [...]

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Do you want to know about nursing while pregnant

Kellymom.com is an awesome site for everything related to breastfeeding.  It has a great page on nursing while pregnant also and a great book about tandem nursing.  I really want to tandem nurse b/c I KNOW that Ethan will not be ready to wean but I am a bit worried about keeping my milk supply, [...]

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