Organic Baby Atlanta
You don't have to be a hippie mom to raise your baby green
attachment parenting as sensory therapy
Yesterday, I was honored to have a guest post at Natural Parents Network. I wrote about something I haven't talked a lot about on this blog: my daughter's diagnosis with sensory processing disorder. I hesitate to write about this much, because, well, I don't want her...
how to breastfeed in a baby carrier
I love impressing people with my babywearing skills. Even when I'm not feeling the wrap love (and therefore I feel like a wanna-be instead of a super cool hippie mama), at least I can still look cool with the things I can do with a baby carrier. When you casually toss...
ten reasons you should take a cloth diaper workshop
I know a lot of people who thought about using cloth diapers. Most of my friends probably at least considered cloth diapers. When they were pregnant, they started researching cloth diapers online. Because that's what you do when you're interested in something a little...
ways to balance your children’s needs and your partner’s
Everybody in a family has needs, and being a good parent means finding the balance among everyone's needs. I am far from an expert on this. Like a lot of moms who are really attached to their babies and really enjoy motherhood, I find it really, really easy to take my...
five times I let my kid watch tv
Consider it true confession Friday. I'm feeling a little guilty, because Anastasia has been watching tv for the better part of a day and a half. I know--not at all organic, free range, or attachment. Sometimes I suck at this stuff. But the truth is that there are a...
cloth diaper addict: how to organize your stash without losing your mind
Okay, okay. I already admitted that I'm addicted to cloth diapers. They're just so darn cute. And soft. And fuzzy. And--oh, I know it's ridiculous. They're supposed to be for holding poop. Blame it on elimination communication that I can't think of them as anything...
best looking ways to tie a wrap with a newborn
I've written before about how I want to love wrapping my baby. And I'm happy to say, that after a week or two of using my Beco (which I still love! I love, you, Beco!) I've gotten back into wrapping. (Apparently I'm going through phases with my carriers just like I do...
how to clean your house with a newborn and a preschooler
I really don't like housecleaning. Even before I had kids, I was at best a mediocre housekeeper. And ever since Anastasia was born, I've had the perfect excuse to never clean my house. Because even when you're using nontoxic cleaning supplies (i.e., vinegar), it's...
what to do when your baby is awake in the night
Last night, my wonderful sleeping newborn, who has slept so well since he was born, decided to sleep like a baby instead. Darn newborn sleep. Anyway, he was awake and crying from 2 am to 4 am. Lovely. I know this because I'm tracking his sleep patterns, on the off...
what to do when you see a woman breastfeeding in public
My friend Jessica at The Mom Creative was visiting Atlanta last weekend and was asked to move while she was breastfeeding in public (in the lobby of a church she was visiting). Now, I don't want to turn this into a debate, and I'm not going to stage a nurse-in at the...
elimination communication: what I really do
Memes are addictive. I had to do this. Just. Had. To. Sorry. I will quit soon, I promise.
attachment parenting: what I really do
I don't usually follow memes, but I saw this one on Facebook last night when Teddy was pooping at 3 am, and it's been cracking me up ever since. So I had to do this. I just had to. I feel like I should start with a disclaimer, but I'll just say: this is a joke. You...
ten reasons I love my beco carrier
It makes me sad to admit it, but I seem to have graduated out of my baby-wrapping stage, at least for now. I wish I could get more into wearing my babies in wraps. Wraps look so much cooler than any other carrier, and they make me look like a super-awesome, natural,...
cloth diaper addiction: why I love my fluff
My name is Lisa, and I'm a cloth diaper addict. I don't know when it started, but it's been going on for a while. It was sometime around the birth of my first child--before she was born, I thought diapers were gross, even cloth ones. I remember being disgusted by the...
Five Unexpected Reasons to Love Babywearing
I love babywearing. I've been doing it for four years now, and I plan to continue as long as my children let me. With the right carrier, it's easier to toss even a heavy preschooler on your back than to persuade them to sit in a bulky stroller (and then negotiate the...
pumping breast milk
I've been breastfeeding for four years, and last night was the first time I ever used a breast pump. Which just goes to show you that you really don't need to know how much you're producing to have a successful breastfeeding relationship. A friend of mine recently...
facebook headquarters nurse-in: breastfeeding pictures are not obscene
If you're on Facebook and you follow any of the natural parenting groups there, you've probably heard about the breastfeeding pictures problem. The issue has to do with Facebook removing pictures of breastfeeding mothers as "sexually explicit content." Some moms have...
wool sweaters for diaper covers
I guess it makes sense that my latest obsession with simple diapering systems (i.e., flat diapers) would also lead to an obsession with wool covers. I never used wool covers with my daughter. I was intimidated by the whole wash routine (what exactly is lanolin, and...