Category: Alternative Medicines and Remedies

Benefits Of Baby Massage On Different Regions Of The Body

May 16, 2013 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Child Health, Child Safety, Consistent Care
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Baby massage is a hugely beneficial tool for parents and carers to use as a natural and instinctive way of relieving tension, pain or discomfort.  Have you ever sat with someone crying, and rubbed their back? This is natural and instinctive comforting. Have you ever had a child in pain from constipation and rubbed their…

Coconut Oil For Your Skin – Review And Competition

October 29, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Child Health, Competitions, Products, Reviews
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This is a joint giveaway between Natural Parents Network and many other natural parenting sites. You may enter for all of the giveaways at one site only. Please find the section marked “Win it!” for the mandatory entry and optional bonus entries.

My Body, My Choice With A Backup – A Look At IUD’s

May 15, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Guestpost, Pregnancy
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After I had my first son, I knew that I would want to get pregnant in the future but not right this minute and I wanted some assurance that it would not happen. I had been on hormonal birth control prior to having children and I was not happy with what it had done to…

Kicking Addiction : The Chocoholic Cure

May 1, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Child Health, Misc
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I have a problem with chocolate. Not all sweets, necessarily, but chocolate, definitely. If I know there’s chocolate in the cupboard, I can’t sit still till it’s eaten. I can eat chocolate well past the point of feeling sick.  It’s like an obsession, and it’s one I really don’t understand. See, I used to smoke,…

A Recommendation For The Humble Condom

April 24, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Child Health, Guestpost, Pregnancy
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Continuing on the Contraceptive Options series, today we have Lauren sharing with us why her and hubby, Sam, love using condoms. Lauren writes at Hobo Mama and is co-founder of the Natural Parents Network, and it’s a huge honour for me to be hosting her interesting (and amusing) post.  I hope you enjoy it too!

Our Journey to Natural Birth Control – Natural Family Planning As Contraception

April 10, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Guestpost, Pregnancy
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Today we have Maggie, a friend and reader, who shares her experience of ‘natural family planning’, including Ecological Breastfeeding and Lactational Amenorrhea. —————————————-

Fertility Awareness Contraception Method: A Primer

April 3, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Guestpost
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By paying attention to changes in cervical mucus (CM) and tracking basal body temperature (BBT), women can quite accurately know when they are ovulating. The FA method works best for women who have regular cycles (which don’t vary a lot in length from month to month) and also who have no other concerns when it comes to their reproductive health (like PCOS, trouble with infertility, etc).

Birth Control Options Overview

March 27, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Guestpost, Pregnancy
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Mama Jorje takes us through a range of different contraceptive options, the pros and cons of each and her experience of a few of them.

Does A Newborn Need Additional Vitamin K?

February 23, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Attachment Parenting, Child Health, Gentle and Positive Childbirth, Pregnancy
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(Q16 on the birthplan: Would I like my baby to be given a vitamin K injection?)

Must Haves And Baby Essentials

January 19, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Baby Wearing, Breastfeeding, Cloth Nappies, Gentle and Positive Childbirth, On Mama's Mind, Pregnancy
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Alternatively titled: What’s My Wishlist?  I love seeing pictures of my baby and how he or she is growing in there, deep beyond my line of sight. When I found out I was pregnant, I signed up for a whole bunch of those ’your baby is x weeks along’ emails, so that I could get a…


Alternatively titled: What’s My Wishlist? 

I love seeing pictures of my baby and how he or she is growing in there, deep beyond my line of sight. When I found out I was pregnant, I signed up for a whole bunch of those ’your baby is x weeks along’ emails, so that I could get a general idea, more or less, of what’s going on in there.  Slowly but surely, with just over a month to go, if that, the ‘must have’ lists and ‘essentials for your new baby’ emails have been filtering steadily in.

I wrote a while back on PlayPennies about how new parents are spending on average £10,500 on their first child, and that mothers are wasting £158m each year, and I can tell you that we spent less than 10% of the average on Ameli before she was born, yet she came into this world lacking for nothing. (more…)