Archive for the 'Parenting and Other Stuff' Category

Can Moms with Different Parenting Styles Still be Friends?

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

This article, “Can Moms with Different Parenting Styles Still be Friends” caught my eye this morning.  I think because I have often thought about this, especially when my boys were younger, and we have talked  about “judgement” in the Bosom Buddies Breastfeeding Support Group many times. We have talked about how judging other mothers and other parents [...]

“Recovery Time” After Childbirth

Saturday, February 18th, 2012

An article in a UK paper today caught my eye, “Women need a whole year to recover from childbirth despite the ‘fantasy’ image of celebrity mothers, study claims.”  Article here, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2102517/Women-need-year-recover-childbirth-study-finds.html  Quote from article: “New mothers may be told that they will be back to ‘normal’ within six weeks of giving birth, but a new [...]

The Bosom Buddies are Sponsoring a Clothing Swap–kid and maternity wear

Monday, February 6th, 2012

    BB Clothing Swap (PDF copy of flyer)

Parenting Without Judgment

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

I just finished reading this article, http://www.additudemag.com/adhdblogs/16/9360.html in which a mother of an ADHD child describes how she has come to realize her parenting skills are often judged by other parents.  This is such a near and dear topic to me.  Not only in the case of a parent who has a child with a diagnosed disorder [...]

Looking Inside the Twinkie

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

I am a self proclaimed health food nut and this article in yesterday’s New York Times caught my eye, “Looking Inside the Twinkie.”  It was a blog interview with author Steve Ettlinger about his book, “Twinkie, Deconstructed.”  I thought this was a new book but I found it was actually published in 2007 when I [...]

Parenting style can help prepare children

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Just read a great article about how parenting can help prepare children for school–I would take it a step farther and say that parenting prepares children for life.  Unless your children are going to live like a recluse or maintain an anti-social lifestyle, teaching children to interact with others, be respectful of others, and empathetic [...]