Monthly Archives: January 2011

Co-sleeping and Sex

January 27, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Cosleeping
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A baby in your bed is the end of your sex life. If your baby is in your room, it’ll take a toll on your marriage. If you co-sleep with your baby, your husband will become jealous of the child. more

Pic Of The Week 52-03

January 26, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Pic Of The Week, Projects
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We went to a place called Warmbaths with my parents for the weekend. It’s a resort with a natural hot spring which bubbles up and is piped to the first pool, the hot bath, which is 42 degrees Celsius.  From there it goes to the next pool, where this picture was taken, and there it… more

Co-Sleeping and Breastfeeding

January 25, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Child Safety, Cosleeping, Night Time Parenting
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A reader asked me to write about co-sleeping and breastfeeding. Although this is something we’ve been doing since around one and a half hours after Ameli’s birth – she was born at 4.40am, we were asleep in our bed by six – it’s still a hard topic to write about because I’ve never really thought… more

Why Everyone’s Child Matters

January 23, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Consistent Care
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“Each of us must come to care about everyone else’s children. We must recognize that the welfare of our children is intimately linked to the welfare of all other people’s children. After all, when one of our children needs life-saving surgery, someone else’s child will perform it. If one of our children is harmed by… more

Mothers, Children And Inherited Self-Image

January 20, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, On Mama's Mind, Raising Conscious Children
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I’ve been thinking a lot about inherited self-image lately. By inherited self-image, I mean that which we learn from our mothers. The reason is a simple one. Ameli, at 15 months, has started going into my handbag, taking out my brush and brushing her hair. Or taking my – thankfully childproof – lipstick and rubbing… more

Pic Of The Week 52-02

January 19, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Pic Of The Week, Projects
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There’s this awesome rooftop playground at our local mall with an incredible view over the surrounding area.  For R30 per day. that’s around £2.80, children can spend the entire day racing around the ‘streets’ on foot-powered motorbikes, climb frames, trampolines, slides and so on, with plenty of shaded area for mums to sit and relax.… more

Misleading, Inaccurate Headlines Harm Babies Too

January 17, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Current Events
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I went away for the weekend and seem to have come back to the world gone mad. Headlines such as “Breast is not best“, “Exclusively breast-feeding for six months ’causes allergies“, and “Mother’s milk”may do more harm than good are all over my RSS feeds. Now, Analytical Armadillo has written an exemplary article on the ‘facts’… more

Potty Training: Step One

January 13, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Toilet Training
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To start off with, I’ve used the term Potty Training, since it’s really the most commonly used name. In our home, it’s more often referred to as toilet learning – a personal choice, as I don’t particularly like the visual of potty training. It makes circus music play in my head while animals jump through… more

Pic Of The Week 52-01

January 12, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Pic Of The Week, Projects
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Welcome to the first ever Pic Of The Week, my weekly pick of the favourite moment(s) from the previous week. Sometimes there will be words, sometimes I’ll let the image speak for itself. more

Things My Baby Taught Me About Me

January 11, 2011 Posted by Luschka under Letters to Ameli, Motherhood, On Mama's Mind
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Dear Ameli, I know I don’t often write you letters on random days of the month, but usually gather up all the little things I want to say to you into your monthly letter. Today is different though, because today, I don’t want to tell you about you. I want, instead, to tell you about… more


Dear Ameli,

I know I don’t often write you letters on random days of the month, but usually gather up all the little things I want to say to you into your monthly letter. Today is different though, because today, I don’t want to tell you about you. I want, instead, to tell you about me.

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