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

We sort of accidentally got this sticker machine (my affiliate link: Sticker Maker), and it's one of the best accidental things we've acquired.

If you told a kid, "Hey, practice writing for two hours straight," there'd be some groaning. But if you're making stickers — you don't even notice the learning!

Mikko especially liked making spiders, his newest fear-based obsession. (He's created a No Spiders Allowed Club that we're all members of. He charges us for the privilege, and the member badges.)

This spider sticker went on my shirt, to startle me throughout the day presumably.

This heart was mine, too. ♥

Links!

11 hours ago (141 notes)

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3 days ago

#parenting
#advice
Dear parents, you need to control your kids. Sincerely, non-parents | The Matt Walsh Blog →
You glanced toward the mother and the kid, then at me, rolled your eyes and said in a loud voice: “Man, some people need to learn how to control their f**king kids.” The lady could definitely hear you, but I guess that was your intention. […]
Yeah, I didn’t respond the way you anticipated. Instead, I offered my own helpful suggestion: “Man, some people need to learn how to shut their mouths, watch their language, and mind their own business.”
4 days ago (1 note)

#birth
#homebirth
#midwifery
#midwives
#birth complications
- Navelgazing Midwife Blog - AAP's New Home Birth Guidelines →
A breakdown of the new AAP recommendations for safe home births, and what CPMs (certified professional midwives, vs. certified nurse midwives, who typically already work in or in cooperation with hospital settings) could do to adhere to these guidelines. I like the idea of setting standards for midwifery care and home birth so that women have choice in birth but can be confident of keeping themselves and their babies safe if they choose home birth and midwifery care.

Carnival news:

Calling for submissions for the October 2013 Carnival of Natural Parenting!
Theme: Kids and Technology: What is your stance on screen time? Does your family watch TV? What about computers, tablets, smart phones, and other gadgets? Tell us about your family'’s practices and goals regarding shows, apps, and other modern-day options. 

Deadline: Tuesday, October 1. Fill out the webform and email your submission to us by 11:59 p.m. Pacific time: CarNatPar {at} NaturalParentsNetwork.com

Be sure to sign up for the Carnival Calendar, add your own carnivals, and keep track of what's coming up!

At LaurenWayne.com:

Vary your characters' names

Authors be warned: If you name the main characters in your novel Richard, Robert, Rafael, and Roderick, I will not try to keep them straight.

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. Sept 15-21: What school is not good for, sleep like the 1500's, yarn pompoms