Sunday Surf

Sunday Surf June 5, 2011

June 5, 2011

Birth & Breastfeeding One Mom’s Empowering Home Birth This is shameless self-promotion, since this is my article. I’m kinda excited to have something in a big-name website, so I had to post it again. Informed Coercion This is a fantastic analysis of risk during childbirth. When risk is examined by doctors and scientists, it usually [...]

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Sunday Surf May 29, 2011: Diapers, Child Development, Nutrition & Sunscreen

May 29, 2011

Birth A Time To Heal- A look at postpartum recovery It’s been a while since I posted anything from one of my all-time favorite mothers & bloggers (and women in general), Jessica of The Leaky Boob. I love her honesty in her posts — she always reveals how she had to find her way while [...]

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Sunday Surf, May 15 2011: Food, Birth, Early Child Development

May 15, 2011

I am in the midst of a very busy May. I returned from LA yesterday and am heading to Monterey today, followed by trips to Newport Beach and Portland, OR in the next few weeks. I’m feeling a bit of guilt about it because I’m dragging my babies with me, but I’m glad I’ve learned [...]

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Sunday Surf, April 10 2011

April 10, 2011

Breastfeeding & Birth In France, breast is definitely not best I was a bit shocked by this story. I lived in Germany for five years (and yes, I know they’re different countries), but Europeans always struck me as leaning more towards traditional, natural options. Makes me hope even more that The Leaky Boob spends some [...]

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Sunday Surf, March 20th

March 20, 2011

Learning and development was on my mind this week because my boys are learning so many new skills. My oldest started singing songs on his own, and pointing out letters and numbers everywhere. My little one is taking his first steps, and it’s fascinating to watch him study his changed perspective — something I missed [...]

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Sunday Surf 3/13

March 12, 2011

The Most Effective Tool you’ve Never Used to Tame your Temper This touching post from Authentic Parenting is a wonderful reminder about how our relationships with our children are, well, relationships — with all the give and take that comes with them. We work so hard to be perfect mothers, but there’s not a single [...]

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Sunday Surf: The Feminist Breeder, RIE, VBAC, and Vaccinations

March 5, 2011

I told my family he’d wean before college. I was right. Another hilarious and empowering article from The Feminist Breeder. Yes, some people think extended breastfeeding (really, nursing a 2yo is extended??) is weird, but yes, they all wean before college. With No Local VBAC Options, Leah Considers Unassisted Birth Our local hospital doesn’t offer VBACs (one [...]

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Sunday Surf 2/27

February 27, 2011

Covering up is a feminist issue: The video I loved the original article from PhD in Parenting, and now Annie made it into a video (with some help from her friends). It’s fantastic. Watch it!! Straight talk on epidurals A new book recently came out that sings the praises of epidurals. This article from Science [...]

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Sunday Surf for 2/20

February 20, 2011

This is my first-ever Sunday Surf — a wrap-up of stories I found interesting and relevant throughout the week, and my short takes on them. Disney in the maternity ward? This story is so disturbing to me. Is nothing sacred from marketing? And how “trusted” is a brand that’s trying to get your money at [...]