by lcbaker | Jun 11, 2012 | Gentle Discipline
Bet you didn’t know your kid could be under recall. In fact, chances are good that he is. Pretty much every toddler model has at least a few of the recalled features. Unfortunately, the warning system for informing parents about toddler recalls is faulty. The...
by lcbaker | May 31, 2012 | Advice, Babywearing, Breastfeeding
This post is the second in a series of quick useful tips for moms. Today’s amazingly auspicious advice is a trick I discovered out of necessity: the trick of breastfeeding in a carrier. While walking around. It can totally be done. My normal way to breastfeed...
by lcbaker | May 28, 2012 | Breastfeeding
This is a guest post by Danielle Downs Spradlin. Danielle is a Certified Lactation Counselor accredited through the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice. She is a veteran nursing mother who wants mothers to meet their breastfeeding goals. Her practice focuses on...
by lcbaker | May 24, 2012 | Advice, Breastfeeding
This post is the first of a series I’m starting called “Amazingly Auspicious Advice.” These will be very brief posts with a single useful tip. Most of the tips will be submitted by readers. If you’d like to submit a super-useful, practical tip...
by lcbaker | May 23, 2012 | Natural Parenting
A lot of people seem to think that attachment parenting means helicopter parenting. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Maybe it’s the name? (There are a lot of problems with the name “attachment parenting,” but that’s an issue for another...
by lcbaker | May 21, 2012 | Breastfeeding
After the big TIME cover last week, extended breastfeeding is becoming a lot more mainstream. Most moms I know are pretty sure they want to wean around age one. But now that you’ve seen Jamie doing it, I would not be surprised if a few of you are thinking, Well,...