From the archives: How to survive when you feel trapped by breastfeeding or attachment parenting.
With this blog having been running for eighteen months now, I think it’s high time some of our most popular …
Tag Archives: parenting
How can you help your child cope with the fact that awful, awful things happen in the world?
I was thinking the other day about when I was a kid and we were in C.N.D (I know, I …
The importance of genuineness in parenting.
The formation of relationships is both a conscious and a subconscious process. It is also a physical process requiring the …
How to really have a stress-free Christmas with pre-teen kids around.
The title of this is a little misleading because it suggests that I am going to tell you how to …
Guest post: Should we let our children play with guns?
Every parent of boys knows it. They want to play with guns. You just can’t stop them. They’ll make guns …
Review & give-away: How Mothers Love by Naomi Stadlen – WIN!
Sorry, this post has been moved to my new website, A Heart Led Life.
Why I love oxytocin.
You’re in labour. Your baby will probably be born in a matter of hours, while your body will do the …
When should I potty train my child?
As with most things in the course of a child’s development, the very simple answer is to wait until he …
The WHO weaning guidelines – just for the ‘third world’ as some HVs like to tell us?
This is a fantastically complicated and contentious issue, isn’t it? Debates rage on parenting forums about when is the best …
Guest post: U2, Begging Bowls, and Breastfeeding
I love U2. As evidence of this, I submit to you an image of my daughter’s third birthday cake. (In …
