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Surviving a Long Car Ride with a Baby

May 14, 2012 Written by Baby , Family , Tools, Tips and How-to , Travel

When hearing of our travel plans this summer, friends and family always ask whether I’m nervous about the long flight with a baby. Truth be told, I’m much more nervous about the long car ride taking us to our first destination on our trip. Eleven hours in the car with a baby that’s just learned [...]


Posted by: Ruxandra Looft
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The nexus of climate change activism and motherhood

May 10, 2012 Written by Minimalist Living , Motherhood , Simple Living , Work & Family

My name is Keya Chatterjee (pronounced like ‘Kenya’, but without the /n/), but usually I feel more like a Cassandra. Why Cassandra? It’s not because I want a name that’s easier to pronounce.  Nor is it because I always wanted to have a daughter and name her Cassandra (though it is a lovely name). It’s [...]


Posted by: Keya Chatterjee
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Resisting Things

May 10, 2012 Written by Minimalist Living , Simple Living

It’s so easy, even in the AP world, to get caught up in parenting consumerism. There’s nothing wrong with purchasing items that make our lives easier like diapers, baby carriers, etc. but every now and then (read: all the time), I find myself looking around my home and wondering where all of this stuff came [...]


Posted by: Bunmi Laditan
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Learning to Be Content With What I Have

May 10, 2012 Written by Family , Food , Gardening , Minimalist Living , Nature , Simple Living , Travel

Every time we move to a new house, one of the first things I do is assess the yard for its potential as a garden. Not that I always have a productive garden – on the contrary – this is what my garden currently looks like… At one point in time I would have beaten [...]


Posted by: Beth Berry
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Part Two: Babies, Toddlers and Planes. Oh my!

May 7, 2012 Written by Baby , Family , Tools, Tips and How-to , Travel

I’ve become an accidental expert of traveling with a baby. With family spread over many states along with our habit of house swapping in interesting places, I’ve travelled on 35 airplanes in the last two years with my daughter, Zinnia. Last week, in Part One of Babies, Toddler and Planes. Oh my!  I began sharing my [...]


Posted by: Lisa Coffee
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Midwifery Care: What’s in it for Women?

May 5, 2012 Written by Baby , birth stories , Family , Fathering , Fertility , General , Health , Midwifery , Minimalist Living , Motherhood , Mothering Podcasts , News and Activism , Pregnancy and Birth , Simple Living , Single Motherhood , Work & Family

The debut video from I am a Midwife, the new free online video series from Midwives Alliance of North America all about midwives and what they do! In Midwifery Care:  What’s in it for Women? eight different “real life” midwives describe the safe, supportive and satisfying care that midwives in all settings–home, hospital and birth [...]


Posted by: Nicolle Littrell
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