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A number of women I know have been told by doctors that they shouldn’t breast feed much beyond six months for fear of exposing their babies to the environmental toxins in their breast milk.
According to the Dr. Greene site, “Unless the mother has an extreme exposure to toxins at home, at work, or in the […]
It seems more and more children are being born out-of-wedlock all over Europe, especially in France, Scandanavia and Germany. According to study results reported in the Christian Science Monitor, the number of children born to unmarried couples varies across Europe according to differing religious and social traditions.
According to the EU statistics office, Eurostat, 56 percent […]
I used to read voraciously. Now, I can barely get through a chapter before I fall into the deepest sleep for about three hours when I am awoken by little cries or screams, or by my husband shaking me awake and saying “the baby needs you.”
Still, I can’t spend all of my time in my […]
If your hair seems to be falling out by the handful, you are not alone. If you’ve been nursing for longer than 3 months, or recently weaned your new baby, then hormones are to blame and you shouldn’t be too alarmed. According to the American Pregnancy Association, it happens to about half of all women […]
I have been slightly-overweight for much of my life (10 to 20 lbs). As shocking as it might sound, it has not ruined my life as a woman. I am healthy and active, I’ve many friends, I have adorable children and a really hot husband.
That said, I no longer spend two hours a day at […]
Call them disposable diapers, nappies, or just Pampers. Depending on the industrialized society you live in, they take up anywhere from 2.5 to 5% of landfill space. According to an article in today’s Guardian, the average child will use 3, 796 disposable diapers before being toilet trained.
Disposables are the source of a lot of guilt […]
Stress. It makes your mood spike and crash. It is influenced by sleeplessness, by being all things to all people, by having to face chores, like laundry, that are never, ever, completely finished. New mothers have special needs and special methods for stress-busting.
According to an article on the BBC Parenting site, this is the single […]
When I look into my baby daughter’s eyes, even if she is crying, she smiles at me. It fills my heart and breaks it. I can’t read the future. I cannot say how my baby girl and I will get along when she is a teenager and I am going through menopause. I do not […]
Getting the kids to bed and asleep, is all about routine. So says a follow-up to an article in the Globe and Mail that I blogged last week. Between this article, comments from Jill, and personal experience, I am convinced that every child should eat dinner, shut off the TV, turn down the lights, bath, […]
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Written by Eliza Ferree [email] for b5media.
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