I recently wrote this post regarding the shocking, misinformed, uneducated ad with a the baby sleeping with a knife. I asked the BWF Community if they had any cosleeping pictures they would be generous enough to share for that post. 190 emails later and a new Gmail folder made, I had plenty! I shared a few in the post and…
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Cosleeping: Fear Mongering, Flawed Research and How to Cosleep Safely
This ad has made quite the uproar! Why? It takes a group of people (by zip code) that has a high death rate and instead of looking at the circumstances and the reasons why, they blame cosleeping and make a fear mongering ad that says all cosleeping is as dangerous as baby sleeping with a big rusty butcher knife. Why…
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Mothers and Our Families: Never Perfect, But Always Great
As mothers, we want to always protect our children, do what we feel is best for this, love them unconditionally, teach and guide them with the hope they will feel loved, be happy and turn out better than us. Women tend to criticize themselves, to never feel good enough. I know that I have these perfection expectations as a mother.…
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10 Tips for Parenting Beyond the Only Child
Catherine Bell was generous for putting together a helpful guest blog post about how to prepare for siblings for the BWF Blog. Having 5 children in 7 years, I know what a struggle it can be to prepare and adjust! Thank you Catherine for showing women there are things they can do to help with this transition! ~Mrs. BWF When…
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Choose Compassion and Love
I have been humbled since participating in social media. I’m sure I’ve offended people, whether intended or not. I used to have no problem expressing my opinion on hot topics like CIO (crying it out), spanking, circumcision, vaccines, and of course birth (mostly before BWF). Then something happened. I noticed how some people will go further than expressing their opinion…
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You Are Not Alone…Parenting is Wild!
Many times, when dealing with annoying, hard, ridiculous days (or kids), parents think it’s just them. They may get embarrassed or frustrated because they feel they are the only ones going through this… or this… or even goodness forbid this… It makes you want to do this (hey, if they can do it, why can’t we?)… You are not the…
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5 Blog Posts Worth Reading/Watching
I love reading really great blog posts and watching tear jerker and/or funny videos. Those that lift me up or share something I can think on. Here are a few of my favorites from this week. The Quiet Theory of Influence from Zen Habits Your Health Decision: Take It On The Chin or Instant Gratification by The Atlas of Life…
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What is Important?
We’ve all heard it and said it…’it goes too fast’. Also, ‘life is too short’. Do we act on those statements though? Do we realize the impact and consequences of what we decide is important today? Our family has grown in size very rapidly and I have found myself missing the laid back mama I once was (just a few…
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10 Responses to 10 Things Never to Say to a Working Mother
I recently wrote a blog post responding to 10 Things to Never Say to a SAHM. A BWF mama shared another top 10 list with me from Redbook, but this time for working mothers. I want to always be as fair as I can, so I though I’d share my first thoughts to this new list. Here is the top…