Why the Vaccine Industry needs a new PR Strategy
My take on the all-too-common statements that research into vaccines isn't necessary and that the request for it is "stupid".
ReBirth: Volume 8
It's been a while since I shared a reprint of ReBirth and I admit part of that has been that it's something I couldn't look at for a while after losing my mother. I have read each and every volume with her in mind and we've had discussions about some of the pieces she wrote or were written by others.
Birth Story: Sam from the UK
Another amazing birth story, this time from our Doula friend Sam from Blooming Miracle Doula Services.
Apology Not Accepted
We should be cognizant of how our actions affect our children. And just because they are sometimes too young or too emotional to tell us exactly how they feel doesn’t mean they don’t feel as awful as my daughter did that day.
Should we be making a big deal out of VBACs?
Herein I’d like to take a look at these safety concerns with an eye for what the real risks and potential benefits are to having a VBAC.
And Here I Thought We Cared About Moms
This current system of medicalized birth should be yielding amazing results with respect to maternal and infant mortality and morbidity... but it's not.
Parenting, Work, and the Spoiled Baby
Recently I was lead to a piece written by Katha Pollitt who claims that Attachment Parenting is bad not only for women, but for children too. Her evidence? Well, none.
Debunking the myth of Mommy Guilt: Why a dose of it is actually a good thing
It seems more and more in Western society, women are trying to push for ‘guilt-free parenting’ as a response to the ever popular ‘mommy guilt’ problem. There are books, blogs, and articles on the topic
Taking the Newborn out of Newborn Toys
It used to be that baby toys were things like rattles and blocks that they could actually use to have fun with. Of course, this meant that babies really didn’t have toys at first because the motion of grasping a rattle or holding a block was well beyond them for the first few months of life.