Welcome to the Sunday Surf, a tour of the best blogposts I've read throughout the week.

Shannon of Pineapples & Artichokes and I went to visit Amy of Anktangle and Arwyn of Raising My Boychick this past week. Road trip with two little kids each, and we all even had fun! Here my boys are calmly sharing (I know!) Flubber at OMSI, the science museum.

Ready for links? Let's go!

20 minutes ago

#breastfeeding
#formula companies
#The WHO Code
#WHO code
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(via “Should I wake her up to nurse?”…Similac’s Predatory Ad Campaign)
Breastfeeding fearmongering from a formula company? These ads are all kinds of wrong.
24 minutes ago

#breastfeeding
#breastfeeding beyond infancy
#breastfeeding past infancy
#self-weaning
#weaning
#Celebs
Mayim Bialik’s 4-Year-Old Son is Officially Weaned | The Official Mayim Bialik Blog at Kveller →
As the mother of a gently weaned 5-year-old, this article totally made me cry.
And he holds me tight, and I hold him tight, and I know that there was never ever ever anything wrong with nursing Fred. Even when he was in 4T jeans. With a mouth full of teeth. Even when people laughed and sneered and accused me of horrible things no mother should ever be accused of when tending to the normal and beautiful needs of her mammal child. It was never wrong and it was always right.
27 minutes ago

#sleep
#sleeping
#cosleeping
#continuum parenting
#Hunter/Gatherers
Roger Ekirch | Department of History →
From reading about hunter-gatherer culture, I’d heard the idea of two sleep periods in one night, with a waking period in between. When sleep is expected to be interrupted, there’s no tension in the interruption: It’s a time to relax, joke, make love, and then go back to bed when sleepy again.
As a parent, I’ve found this idea very soothing when I’ve been up in the middle of the night!

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Six Ingredient Challenge:

I hope you're enjoying reading along with the six-week Six Ingredient Challenge! How's it going for you so far? If you haven't started yet, we're only a week in, so feel free to join anytime!

Posts so far:

• Reclaiming "Healthy": On Intuitive Eating and Ditching Diets For Good (1/29)
• Rules & FAQ of the Six Ingredient Challenge (1/31)
• Chicken Broth (2/1)
• Involving Your Kids & Partner in a New Way of Eating (2/4)
• Peanut Butter (2/5)
• Why have you decided to participate in the Six Ingredient Challenge? (asked 1/31; linkup 2/7)
• How's it going for you so far? (asked 2/7; linkup 2/14)
• Almond Milk & Cream (2/8)

Start formulating your answer to the second writing prompt, and publish it on your blog by Feb. 14 (or save it to paste in the comments when we post our responses then). You can also read the interesting responses to our first writing prompt from the linky! Sign up and join in now — we're excited about the conversations we're having!

Giveaway:

I've got one big ol' giveaway going on right now!
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Being sniffly doesn't have to mean being miserable.

Enter with one easy comment for a chance to win a $100 gift card to CVS.

Surf with us:

We love following along with fellow Sunday Surfers. If you have your own post of reading links to share, please link up your post on Hobo Mama or on Authentic Parenting. The linky will go live every Sunday, and you can link up any day that week. You only need to add your post to one of the sites, and the linky will automatically show up on both sites.

You can get the Sunday Surf button by Jenna Designs and some code to add to your post from my Sunday Surf page.

Check out previous editions for good reading, and you can find more shared items during the week at my Tumblr blog, Hobo Mama's Shared Items.

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1. Feb 3-9: Raising girls, reading more, motivation & popular "pins"	2. Hobo Mama = Flubber, formula ads, gentle weaning, & gentle sleep
3. Authentic Parenting: unschooling, birth, natural healing