Sunday Surf: January 15, 2012
Welcome to Sunday Surf! My favorite reads from around the blogosphere this past week. You can always see what I’m reading on my homepage (middle column below Popular Posts) or you can follow my Google Reader Page! Authentic Parenting and Hobo Mama are now hosting Sunday Surf. Share your best reading of the week, and link up your post at either blog! For more great reading, visit Hobo Mama or Authentic Parenting for the latest Sunday Surf and linky. Happy Surfing! My first link today is from a blog I follow simply because the owners, David and Elizabeth,...
Read MoreScouting Values: Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Gender-Diverse Parenting
Have you hear the hulabaloo about the Colorado Girl Scout Troop that admitted a transgendered girl? How about the other Girl Scout troops that have protested by disbanding or posting hateful videos on YouTube? It all really makes me sick to my stomach. I was a Girl Scout, my mom was a Girl Scout leader. My sister was one of those hardcore primitive camping type Girl Scout. While I was a more sewing and cooking kinda Girl Scout. That was one of the things that was wonderful about it – it allowed for a very diverse definition of what it meant to be a girl. There were no limits...
Read MoreCoping with Breastfeeding Loss
My twins are weaned. There. I said it. My blissful, road-block and pain free nursing experience with Aellyn was NOT repeated with my boys. Breastfeeding – even just feeding breastmilk – was an uphill battle the whole way. I used donor milk. I pumped and pumped and pumped. I smelled like maple syrup from all the fenugreek I was taking. I saw lactation consultants on multiple occasions and fixed latch issues. I tandem nursed. I even exclusively nursed for a whole month! I thought I had arrived. Sadly, Boston did not grow that month at all. He was’t getting...
Read MoreMamatography: Week #2
I’m participating this year in the Mamatography Project hosted by Diary of a First Child. I always thought picture-a-day things were cool but not for me. I can’t remember to do anything once a day! Then I thought about just doing it with my iPhone – it takes decent pictures and it is ALWAYS with me! I actually post my pictures on Instagram so you can always see there (and join me!) or on Facebook or Twitter. Nightly “mommy take my picture” picture Boston (l) and Asher (r) had dinner at the table with us (in prince lionheart...
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