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Archive for January, 2009

We swung by CostCo after gymnastics today to pick up a few things. Yes, that seems like an odd sentence, but we really were just picking up a few things.
While there, the cashier told my 1 1/2 year old that he was getting too big to be in “that carrier thing.” Excuse me? I really [...]

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Heather Cushman-Dowdee, creator of Hathor the Cow Goddess, has a new blog called Mama is. Okay, it may not be that new, but it is new to me. Heather is an unschooling, breastfeeding, UC’ing, etc. mama.

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and just because tomorrow is Wednesday…..Flight of the Conchords’ Business Time…
You might want to consider watching sans kids if you think this may not be appropriate.

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Bay Area recently published an article about a new breastfeeding campaign in Marin County. Awesome!

New Breastfeeding Campaign Turns Heads Group introduces unique ad campaign
By  SAJID FAROOQ

A new campaign in Marin County has cutouts of breastfeeding women displayed in public spaces.

 

No it’s not time to change your glasses. You really are seeing more women breastfeeding in [...]

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Sign the Breastfeeding Petition to Obama.

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Obama on Roe vs. Wade

“On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are reminded that this decision not only protects women’s health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters. I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose.
While this is a sensitive and often [...]

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From Salon.com:

Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 03:00 PST
Oops, I accidentally pulled out your IUD!

Let me tell you a true story: A woman in Albuquerque, N.M., went to a local health clinic to have the long string of her IUD shortened. No big deal — all it takes is a simple snip. The nurse prodded her with a speculum [...]

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born free

I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but I look forward to reading Born Free: Unassisted Childbirth in North America. All of my children were born unassisted.

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From the Compleat Mother magazine:

Art by Camille Ryan, Brooklyn, New York  www.camilleart.com

by John W. Travis, Metung, Victoria, Australia   
Assertion: Modern culture is in the midst of a hidden epidemic of fathers leaving their families—usually around the time when the first child is born. Men leave their families in a multitude of ways. Even if [...]

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10 Things We Can Do to Contribute to Internal, Interpersonal, and Organizational Peace

(1) Spend some time each day quietly reflecting on how we would like to relate to ourselves and others.
(2) Remember that all human beings have the same needs.
(3) Check our intention to see if we are as interested in others getting their needs [...]

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