Nurshable

September 2012

  • The Number of Times We Nurse

    Dear Daughter, Ramping up to your six month growth spurt, I don’t remember how many times we’ve nursed today. I don’t count. I have not counted in a long time, since sometime after your oldest brother was born. (Excluding the… Continue reading

  • I Refuse to Spoil You, Daughter.

    Dear Daughter, Five months and ten days from when you were born, you are perfect and unspoiled and everything that a baby should be. I do not wish to destroy that. When you were born you were perfect. You knew… Continue reading

  • Sleep and Wake Again

    Dear Daughter, Mellow, sweet daughter of mine who hardly ever cries, you are the calmest of all our children. From everything I have heard, you should be easy to train to sleep as you are not quick to cry and… Continue reading

  • Comic: “I Don’t Know What I Was Expecting…”

    A new comic is up on the “Comics” page. “I Don’t Know What I Was Expecting”. Continue reading

  • My Message to Nicola Kraus

    Dear Ms. Kraus, It would seem from your “detachment parenting” rant that you know little about what attachment parenting involves, and that you are surrounded by people who are similarly confused by the topic. I feel inclined to address some… Continue reading

  • My Parenting Oppresses Me

    Dear Daughter, My parenting methods apparently oppress me and render me a servant much to the undoing of all the decades of feminism. You see, I cannot possibly choose to breastfeed you, to hold you, to use cloth diapers instead… Continue reading

  • The Day I Stopped Running

    Dear Daughter, There was a day in elementary school that I simply stopped running during gym class and walked instead. It was the day that I became aware that I was not the fastest runner, and the day that no… Continue reading

  • Applying Attachment Parenting to Discussions with Adults

    Dear AP Community, I have to admit that sometimes when I see other Attachment Parents in the forums or on Facebook, the thought that pops into my head is “You wouldn’t talk to your three year old that way, why… Continue reading

  • Changes and Comics and Things

    Hi all, Just mentioning some changes I’ve made to the site recently. 1- Nurshable now has a facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/Nurshable feel free to stop in, post interesting links to the page, chat with others who parent in similar ways, seek… Continue reading

  • The “Wait it Out” Toolkit

    After a recent letter to K. where I mentioned that “Cry it Out” simply does not fit in my toolkit, I was asked what IS my toolkit. I will be updating this constantly as my toolkit is always changing. EXPECTATIONS… Continue reading