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	Parental Anger: Mindfulness and Letting Go Anger does not mean that you don't love your children dearly.
	Breastfeeding Beyond Infancy The average American may not be ready to admit it, but myriad cultures past and present have accepted the fact that babies past infancy can benefit from nursing.
	Mindful Motherhood Mindful motherhood is a way of riding the roller coaster of parenthood with your eyes open, your mind clear, your body relaxed, and your spirit and heart involved.
	Breastfeeding My Jump-Roping Hula Hooper Ally, my five-year-old daughter, greets me after school by burying her nose in my cotton shirt, between my breasts, and inhaling. "Smells like Mommy," she says. "Nursie?"
	Crying for Comfort The attachment parenting movement is a healthy reaction to the harmful promotion of "crying it out" found in many parenting books.
	Natural Parenting Toolbox: Tips for Dealing with Postpartum Blues If you're feeling sad, know that you are not alone. Look to this helpful article for some tips on dealing the with postpartum blues.
	Mothering Radio: Breastfeeding & PPD In this episode, Mothering Radio explores breastfeeding and postpartum depression. Julie Grant interviews Kathleen Kendall-Tackett.
	Whooping Cough What are the symptoms of pertussis? Who's at risk? And is the vaccine right for your family? Find some answers in this article by Dr. Lauren Feder.
	Yoga Together Prenatal exercises and yoga are wonderful ways to spend time with your child. Children can do their own version of your exercises, and they’ll enjoy being a part of your self-care routine.
	Baby Food From Peggy's Kitchen: Three easy and nutritious baby recipes: Beans, Cheesy Beans and Rice, Rice and Veggies.
	Dumping Disposable Diapers As my stock of disposables dwindled and Amelia and I settled in to our new life together, the thought of continuously buying, and supporting the makers of, disposable diapers made me sick.
	Chickenpox Party Yes, it sounds cruel and unusual to subject one's child to a biological sneak attack. But we weren't going blindly into this affair like Tupperware-toting lemmings. We'd done our homework.
	Frugal Living Benefits Kids Laura Grace Weldon, author of Free Range Learning, explores five reasons why choosing a conscious and frugal lifestyle has a beneficial impact on kids.
	Cutting Kids Routine infant circumcision continues to be the most commonly performed surgery on children in the US. The health based reasons have been criticized and are controversial.
	Hatch a Natural Writer Here are some fun and helpful tips and ideas to encourage and develop your child's love for writing throughout their childhood.
	Asset-Focused Parenting Here are just a few ways you can continue to help your children's forward movement so that they can develop relationships of trust with their own minds.
	Creation Stories Our bedroom is littered with stacks of lined paper, wire-bound edges curling across the top. Many of them say, "To: Mom", and each is emblazoned with "Caila" along the bottom corner.
	Natural Baby Powder Talcum powder can be irritating to a baby’s respiratory system. You can make your own powder out of any combination of these natural ingredients.
	The Great Road Trip I like driving with kids across the country. One of the greatest things about it is how long it takes. I'm serious. I enjoy traveling with my kids.
	Stargazing with Kids I realized, at that moment, what the "glory of parenthood" was all about. Little things like this, which were really not so little. I was there the first time my child experienced the stars.
	Good Housecleaning Baking soda, vinegar, a good soap, washing soda, and tea tree oil: five non-toxic basics to keep your house as clean and green as possible.
	Breastfeeding Miracle Beth reminds me that breastfeeding triplets is hard enough, never mind three babies with cleft lips.
	Homegrown Summer Camp Ours is a small-scale, homegrown, child-centered creation of the families of the four campers themselves.
	A Quiet Place: The Assault on Freedom of Conscience I see circumcision and vaccination as two of many issues that fall under the broader umbrella of freedom of conscience.
	Hello Baby Doctors used to claim that newborn babies could neither see nor hear, and that they could not feel much. They were simply bundles of flesh, and the more they screamed, the better, because it "opened their lungs."

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