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Old Enough to Ask, Not Old Enough to Wean
Dear Daughter, One year and twenty-nine days have passed since you were born into my arms. You have breastfed for one year and twenty nine days without missing a beat, and you will breastfeed for as long into the future… Continue reading
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Reasons Why Our Children Smile
A child’s joys are just as huge and out of proportion as their sorrows and angers. I posted a blog post “Why My Daughter Smiles“. And a few Nurshable readers shared the reasons of their daughters/sons smiles with me as… Continue reading
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Abercrombie and Fitch Hates Supermodels Too
Dear Abercrombie & Fitch, I just read an awesome article about why super models aren’t cool enough for your clothes. Oh. Actually it was about why fat people aren’t cool enough for your clothes, but I thought I’d point out… Continue reading
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The Incredible Liberation of Being Happy to be Bad
Last week my son ran out of his MMA (kickboxing and grappling) class with anxious happiness on his face. They were going to have a special Mother’s Day class where moms came with their children for a special kickboxing class.… Continue reading
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You Should Enjoy Every Moment, But You Won’t
Friday I sat on the floor of an empty waiting room with my one year old daughter and my soon to be three year old son with a ball, a box of Legos, and a migraine that was rapidly taking… Continue reading
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The Intensity of Anger, Sadness and Joy
Yes, you react intensely to the anger and sadness that you feel as a toddler without an understanding of scale or the words to express your disappointments. Yes, some of the things you become so furious about, so heartbroken over..… Continue reading
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Attachment Parenting is Hard When You Are Not Attachment Parenting
‘Attachment parenting will set you up for – I’m not going to say failure – but for a very difficult time’, says Jasmine Homer. (watoday.com.au) Entering a 42K marathon expecting to run a 5K race will set you up for-… Continue reading
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Small and Sad and Frantic
Dear Daughter, When you were small and cutting teeth and sad and frantic I’d pull you closer and let you nap near, tucked into my arm with your body tracing mine. We’d lay there for the hours of your afternoon… Continue reading
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Reasons My Daughter Smiles
Because she’s clean after her bath. Continue reading
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Dear Mama Who Uses CIO (From a Mama Who Uses Wait-it-Out)
Dear Mama who Uses CIO, I recently became aware of a thread on a forum that linked to my post about “Wait it Out” sleep training. One person stated “I hope the author’s intent was not to make parents who… Continue reading
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