Sunday Surf 1.9.11

 

Its' been almost three weeks now since I quit coffee!  This is the post that inspired it all.

Great parenting post from another local mama blogger, titled No More IF/Then Statements.  As in, "IF you eat your broccoli, THEN you can go outside and play."  "IF you behave well in the restaurant, THEN you can have some candy.  The post was inspired from reading Unconditional Parenting with us in our virtual book club.  So proud!


Sweet, sweet post about older toddlers and what they say their mama's milk tastes like.

Genius idea to add probiotics to your netty pot if you suffer from runny nose/sinus issues.

Cute project for some scrap fabric and that extra mason jar you have laying around.

I haven't talked about it too much here on the blog yet, but I am IN LOVE with Labyrinths.  They have been apart of my yoga/mediation routine since I was in college and then I learned about them more when I did my Birthing From Within trainings years ago.  I can't wait to share my love of Labyrinths with Penelope and this is the perfect way!

Fantastic article about how to lose fat and stay healthy! This is a great beginning explanation to what Weston A. Price and Nourishing Traditions is all about.

And lastly, great post from Code Name: Mama, with ideas, in line with Unconditional Parenting, about how to stay patient with your toddler.


Have a great Sunday, ya'll!!

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Sunday Surf 12.19.10

Great little post about exactly what Attachment Parenting is.

Interesting article about giving up grains completely.  Someone posted it to my Facebook page, after I posted my article about inflammation.  Currently, I buy sprouted bread, tortilla's and pasta and make my own tortilla chips, but I still eat non-sprouted grains sometimes and need to get much better about being more strict about that. I try not to give any grains to Penelope at all, but its really hard and she gets pieces here and there.   Eventually, I would even like to cut down my grain consumption even more.  I kind of have a sneaking feeling that my grain intake (and/or sugar intake) is causing inflammation in Penelope (via my breast milk) and may be the cause of her eczema.

Oh, FDA when will you learn?  Here they are confiscating some raw milk from a farmer up north.  The video does not have a lot of information, but the blog posts surrounding the video do, so be sure to check them out.

I found a fantastic breastfeeding website this week.  It is for women who have had SEVERE breastfeeding difficulties.  It is for information and support.  Women who can't breastfeed, often suffer from post partum depression and mourn the loss of the breastfeeding relationship as if a death occurred.

If you haven't already, come "like" Mama and Baby Love's Facebook page. I post these links throughout the week and there is usually some great conversation going on about each one.

Happy Sunday!

For more Sunday Surfing, visit Gems of Delight, Enjoy Birth, Breastfeeding Moms Unite, Domesticated Women, This Adventure Life, Maman A Droit, Hobo Mama and Baby Dust Diaries.

Sunday Surf 12.12.10

Happy Sunday, Mama's!

Here is an interesting post about one mama who isn't "doing" Santa.

And here is one Mama's response to the above's post. 

Three super cute yoga videos for kids and family yoga.

I am going to quit coffee sometime soon, this is a great post about why you should too.

Last week, MBL made it to Prudent Baby's Link Love weekly post.  Check it out!


For more Sunday Surfing, visit Gems of Delight, Enjoy Birth, Breastfeeding Moms Unite, Domesticated Women, This Adventure Life, Maman A Droit, Hobo Mama and Baby Dust Diaries.

Sunday Surf 12.5.10

Holy, hell its been awhile since I have done a Sunday Surf! Sorry!

I really want to try this. I have such grand schemes and plans of making everyone's Christmas gift but it never seems to work out. Next year I am going to plan better!

This reminds of the roses I used to make in ceramics class in high school. Just gorgeous.

Don't forget our online book club starts next week!

Cool article about milk sharing.

This post flipped the light bulb on in my head about eating my placenta. More about me eating my placenta coming on Monday, stay tuned!

Fantastic post about Native American pregnancy and birth practices.

Hope you had a wonderful day of rest!

For more Sunday Surfing, visit Gems of Delight, Enjoy Birth, Breastfeeding Moms Unite, Domesticated Women, This Adventure Life, Maman A Droit, Hobo Mama and Baby Dust Diaries.

Sunday Surf 11.7.10

Awesome post about the importance of NOT telling horror birth stories to pregnant women AND telling magical birth stories to your children. Penelope will turn 1 in less than a week and I plan to start a tradition of telling her magical birth story to her on her birthday.

My parents gifted Penelope an old wooden rocking horse as an early birthday present. I had a similar one as child, but this one came from a garage sale. Although its in pretty good condition, it ain't the prettiest thing in the world. And then I saw THIS and knew exactly what I was going to do to it. Fab rocking horse re-do coming right up!

I thought this was pretty funny. Who knew that Will Smith, Andrien Grenier and Leonardo DiCaprio are all uncircumcised? I think that is good information to know!

Enjoy the rest of your beautiful Sunday!

For more Sunday Surfing, visit Gems of Delight, Enjoy Birth, Breastfeeding Moms Unite, Domesticated Women, This Adventure Life, Maman A Droit, Hobo Mama and Baby Dust Diaries.

Sunday Surf 10.31.10

Happy Halloween!

Here is a link for more information to boycott Hershey.


Along those lines of helping to end forced/abusive child labor in the cocoa industry, start making plans for next year to do Reverse Trick or Treating.

This just cracked me up.  Almost every single one describes me!  I am not trying to be counter culture, but there is just no way around it!  Read it for a good laugh.


After poking around in the above's blog I found this link to the WHO growth charts.  If your baby is exclusively breastfed, they are likely not anywhere near your pediatricians "average" on their growth chart.

Hope you all have a wonderful time trick or treating with your little ones!  I have been dreaming about this day for a looooonnnngggg time! So excited!

For more Sunday Surfing, visit Gems of Delight, Enjoy Birth, Breastfeeding Moms Unite, Domesticated Women, This Adventure Life, Maman A Droit, Hobo Mama and Baby Dust Diaries.

Sunday Surf 10.24.10

A friend sent me this link earlier this week, its a blog post with other links to places to buy non-toxic face paint for Halloween.  It also has a DIY homemade recipe to try as well.

Do you have chemicals in your vagina?  You just might if you use regular tampons.  Check out this link for more.

Here is a page with several different recipes for homemade toilet bowl cleaner.  I used the baking soda and vinegar one.  Well, I am going to use that one, just as soon as I am done pumping!  I will let you know how it turns out later.

I am very into making fabric flowers and I found this gorgeous one, that reminds me of Carrie Bradshaw-season 3.  I am going to try it out using fabric instead of felt.  I wanted to make some sort of accessory for me to match Penelope's 1st birthday party dress that didn't make me look like I was 5. 

This post makes me so happy I could cry.  I am slowly but surely cutting down my carb/grain intake.  I drastically cut out the amout of chips,crackers and bread I eat (as compared to 5 years ago, but I still eat way too much grains).  Chips are weak point for me.  I have come a long way from eating Doritoes for dinner but I still love me some chips and salsa.  I can not freaking wait to try this recipe for homemade corn tortilla chips, fried in lard. Yes, LARD.  And know that it is healthy and good for me!!
I just need to figure out how to render lard first.

And last, but certaintly, not least, my dear friend Teresa, you know, the one who teaches Prenatal Yoga and is a Doula? Well, she is a Jill-of-all-trades and is an AMAZING singer/musician. My family and I saw them last night and they are so good! She just launched her new website and if you sign up for her newsletter to keep posted about gigs, you get access to one of her tracks that she just cut! We heard it last night, trust me you want it!!


Have a great rest of your Sunday!  We are going to try and do our first family bike ride!

For more Sunday Surfing, visit Gems of Delight, Enjoy Birth, Breastfeeding Moms Unite, Domesticated Women, This Adventure Life, Maman A Droit, Hobo Mama and Baby Dust Diaries.

Sunday Surf: 10.10.10

Yay! A new tradition on 10.10.10! I just really wanted to write 10.10.10 one more time. My OCDness really loves matchy things all lined up in a row!

This is a timely article I came across earlier this week. My dear friend happened to have a very rough week of her 8 month old biting her while nursing and then going on a nursing strike. This blog post is a great explanation of all the possible reasons a babe would be biting and peaceful ways to resolve the issue.

I had a guest post on Progessive Pioneer this week. If you didn't see it, check it out! She mentioned a link to an website that gives free yoga videos once a week!

And NursingFreedom.org is doing a posts on several types of carriers and how to breastfeed in them in honor of International Babywearing Week.  She featured a picture of me nursing Penelope in our Maya Wrap!

This is a cool recipe I came across at one of the Real Food blogs I love. Its a recipe for a basil and beets salad!

Great post about truly acting with unconditional love in our relationships. Such a good reminder for me to treat Peter with love and kindness even when he is not treating me the same.

Eggs are still in the news big time. Please check out this website for more information about what you can do to keep our food supply safe.
They just launched this Web-based rating tool, you can see which brands of eggs found in your region are produced using the best organic farming practices and ethics. Based on more than a year’s research into the organic egg business, the scorecard rates almost 70 different name-brand eggs and additional private-label products.

And lastly a very cool blog I just came across that is ALL about reusing and refashioning. HEAVEN! I love this one, where she turns a too small dress into a skirt for her little girl. I am so tempted to do this with several of P's dresses, but what if I have another girl??

For more Sunday Surfing, visit Gems of Delight, Enjoy Birth, Breastfeeding Moms Unite, Domesticated Women, This Adventure Life, Maman A Droit, Hobo Mama and Baby Dust Diaries.