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Navigating Sleep with a Third Child

{This is a follow-up to my January post Reconsidering Co-sleeping where at 35 weeks pregnant I revealed that after 2...

Navigating Sleep with a Third Child
posted on: Jun 3, 2011 | author: bluebirdmama

Reconsidering Co-sleeping

As we wait for this baby to arrive, I find myself seriously considering a crib. This may not seem very inflammatory....

Reconsidering Co-sleeping
posted on: Jan 14, 2011 | author: bluebirdmama

Going Solo

In a few hours, Aaron is going to drop me off at the shuttle that will take me to 30 hours away from my children....

Going Solo
posted on: Nov 5, 2010 | author: bluebirdmama

Stop The Cycle – Cry It Out pt....

Last week at my local La Leche League meeting the topic for discussion was adapting to motherhood and one of the...

Stop The Cycle – Cry It Out pt. 2
posted on: Apr 27, 2010 | author: bluebirdmama

Not For Us – Cry It Out Pt. 1

Last week I ended up in a group setting where I sat quietly by as a new mother explained that she had let her 10 week...

Not For Us – Cry It Out Pt. 1
posted on: Apr 26, 2010 | author: bluebirdmama

Balancing Needs When Baby Trumps Mama...

Welcome to the April Carnival of Natural Parenting: Parenting advice! This post was written for inclusion in the...

Balancing Needs When Baby Trumps Mama
posted on: Apr 13, 2010 | author: bluebirdmama

Thoughts on Weaning

I consider myself lucky. In this culture of formula and inadequate support and work pressures, so many women seem to...

Thoughts on Weaning
posted on: Jan 19, 2010 | author: bluebirdmama

To my babies: this year…

  Welcome to the January Carnival of Natural Parenting: Parenting resolutions! This post was written for...

To my babies: this year…
posted on: Jan 12, 2010 | author: bluebirdmama

Rested Mama

photo: pzrk Being a parent of more than one child poses a rather repetitive problem: how to balance the (often...

Rested Mama
posted on: Dec 22, 2009 | author: bluebirdmama

Wordless Books: 1001 Things to Spot

1001 Pirate Things to SpotFor my preschooler, these books are awesome! I have seen other spotting books (like the I...

Wordless Books: 1001 Things to Spot
posted on: Dec 16, 2009 | author: bluebirdmama