These are my little girls, Gaia & Mila. They are sleeping in the “hazelnut” position. Then and with them holding hands. {Greetings from Slovenia, Danica}
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Intuition of the Modern Woman {Motherhood}
“Oftentimes I felt ridiculous giving my seal of approval to what was in reality such a natural thing to do, sort of like reinventing the wheel and extolling its virtues. Had parents’ intuition sunk so low that some strange man had to tell modern women that it was okay to sleep with their babies?” Dr. William Sears Thank you to…
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10 Things Wrong With Anti-Bed-Sharing Campaigns
A few weeks ago, this picture popped up in my newsfeed. As the happily bed-sharing mama of a very healthy 18 month-old, I was floored. It made my blood boil. Like the majority of parents worldwide, I do not believe it is safer for a small infant to sleep alone in a crib. I believe it is safer and healthier…
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The BWF ‘Hey Girl’ Contest
You may have noticed Ryan Gosling showing up in your Google Reader or Facebook news feed, along with a caption that starts with, “Hey Girl…”. They have recently caught on in the natural birth community and some even got me to chuckle and shake my head. I am a huge Ryan Gosling fan. He won me over in The Notebook.…
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How Co-sleepers Do It…
Here are more pictures of BWF Families cosleeping! Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, you can read more about safe cosleeping suggestions here. If you don’t like what you see, keep it to yourself. Everyone else…enjoy! Mother fills in a missing ingredient. “In the early months, much of a baby’s night is spent in active sleep—the state in…
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Cosleeping and Bed Sharing Families
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…