Taxes are filed. Is that why I'm lethargic? Or is it this parasite … er, fetus … that's draining all my energy?
Said parasite has forced my bellybutton inside out.
Here are a couple links, anyway!
- "Why I No Longer Have Birth Regret" from Mamas and Babies: Moving beyond blaming others and herself for her birth experiences -- a lovely story of 5 different types of births.
- "Not Really Breastfeeding" from The Practical Dilettante: On how the language we use as advocates should be inclusive instead of unintentionally critical of those who have different experiences.
- Speaking of advocates, did I mention we had a Carnival of Natural Parenting on "Compassionate Advocacy"? Well we did! Lots of amazing links on how we gently promote the ideals of natural parenting.
- And speaking of carnivals, the Carnival of Breastfeeding on "Extended Breastfeeding" is live with most all the links. You can read my take on nursing Mikko so far and some interesting discussion in the comments as well as all the fabulous other posts on the subject. I extend (get it?) a huge thank you to Blacktating and The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog for hosting!
- And speaking of breastfeeding older children, check out this lovely FAQ "What is it like to breastfeed an older child?" from Dulce de Leche: I love how straightforward this is and how it makes nursing older and multiple children sound just as normal as it in fact is.
- "Planned Home vs Hospital Birth: A Meta-Analysis Gone Wrong" from Instead of Institutions: I'd read other debunkings of the Joseph Wax paper that wrongly asserted a lack of safety in planned homebirths, but it was pleasing to see that Medscape has brought the debunking to a wider audience. Now I just hope the ACOG will listen.
The supplies I gathered for our first birth. I still need to do that this time!- I'm really enjoying this series on gentle discipline from TouchtoneZ: "Are You Asking Me or Telling Me" and "Flipping Off Your Kids". I need all the reading and practice I can get on being patient through transitions.
"I remind myself of how completely absorbing activities can be for children; how hard transitions can be. I flip my own false belief which leads to the reaction 'Look what they are doing to me!' into empathetic understanding that this is what they are feeling without the (supposed) adult maturity and frame of reference to handle such overwhelming feelings."
- Remember to submit a post to the IF We Believe! The Stories & Faces of Infertility on Up, Down & Natural. You're invited to post on your own blog (or submit guest posts for Arpita to post) your stories, experiences, heartache and hope. Have you been going through infertility, or do you have a history of struggling to conceive? Or maybe you can share a story from a friend or loved one. The first carnival will take place starting a week from now during National Infertility Awareness Week, April 24-30, so see the post for details.
- Submit to Monday's Mamas on The ArtsyMama:
"Monday's Mamas will be a chance for the working mother who identifies as natural or attached to share her story with the online community. It can be a personal story or it can be an informational post about just how does an AP mama manage all those tasks we have to do while still caring for our children in the way we have chosen? This is open to any mama who maintains a dual lifestyle: working out of the home, returning to school or the work at home mamas (WAHMs)."
- Wanted the low-down on blogging and taxes? Check out my tax-themed post on LaurenWayne.com — and best wishes filing today if you haven't yet.
- From Natural Parents Network:
- "Catholic Motherhood" from Amy: Part of our continuing exploration of how belief intersects with parenting.
- "Attachment Parenting from Across the Hall" from Autumn of Playing House - Full Time: You know I love me some cosleeping. (For one thing, I'm much too lazy to get out of bed and go to another room. Just thinking about it now, at 8 months pregnant, is giving me the shudders. Getting up to go to the bathroom is hard enough. But I digress…) What do you do, though, when cosleeping isn't working for you or your baby? On maintaining that connection and the breastfeeding that goes with it from another room.
- "Three Easy Tips for Natural Living" from Charise of I Thought I Knew Mama: She's right. They're easy!
- Check out one of our fabulous sponsors, Natural Family Supplies in this post from Amy of Anktangle. You can win your own gear to go green (over $250 worth) in a super Facebook giveaway, and score a discount code just for NPN readers.
- Continue to submit for The Natural Parent's Guide to Cloth Diapering! We need:
- your chapters (that's the writing contest part)
- your photos (anything & everything cloth diapering-related)
- your resources (favorite stores, products, charities, blogs)
- Giveaways! One ends in two days, and one is brand new.
- GREEN YOUR PERIOD: Knickernappies Stackable Menstrual Pad Set from Fluff Envy $11 {4.19; Worldwide} — The Knickernappies system is so innovative, because you can reuse the shell and simply snap in extra pads as needed! This giveaway is open worldwide and ends in two days, so enter now.
- 3 parenting poetry books = 2 winners! $12-$26 {4.30; Worldwide}: Enter to win my book, Poetry of a Hobo Mama
, and Mother Love
, by Rita Dove, two books of parenting poems. I'm giving away three books to two winners, and there's an easy Google form entry. The contest is open WORLDWIDE and ends April 30.
- Along the same lines: National Poetry Month ~ 3 Books, 2 Winners! $12-$28 {4.30; Worldwide} — Enter to win Poetry of a Hobo Mama
and Rose
, by Li-Young Lee, in a National Poetry Month giveaway! There are three books and two winners, and the contest is open WORLDWIDE and ends April 30. You absolutely may enter both contests. Poem on!
- Oh Plah! Teething Cuff $15 {5.3; US/Can/EU} — Very cool and useful bracelet that looks great on parents but is safe and non-toxic for babies to squish, knead, twist, bend, and bite! And this is another international giveaway and ends May 3.
You can find more shared items during the week at my public Google Reader recommendations feed.
Check out Authentic Parenting, Baby Dust Diaries, Navelgazing, Momma Jorje, I Thought I Knew Mama, Enjoy Birth, A Domesticated Woman's Adventures (various), Fabulous Mama Chronicles, Kelly Hogaboom (Fridays), The Parent Vortex (weekends), Ichigo Means Strawberry, TouchstoneZ, Hippie Housewife (Saturdays), Multiple Musings, Motherhood Moments, Mama and Baby Love, and A Little Bit of All of It for more Sunday Surfing! (If you also participate in a regular link list, whether on Sunday or not, let me know and I'll add your link.)
Feel free to add your recommendations in the comments. Happy reading!
I'm Lauren Wayne, writer and natural parent. I embrace attached parenting with an emphasis toward green living. 
5 comments:
Thanks for sharing my NPN post and for all of these other excellent recommendations!
Beautiful belly pic!
Thanks for sharing Monday's Mamas.
Thank you for the shout out. And thank you for sharing these great links. I'll be checking many of them out.
great belly picture!
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