Category: Attachment Parenting

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.

Birth Story of Squidgy – 13 March 2012

March 24, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Gentle and Positive Childbirth, Letters to Squidgy, Motherhood, On Mama's Mind, Pregnancy
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Our Squidgy girl’s birth story is a little bit of a lot of things. It’s still quite raw in my head, and this will probably all come out a bit rambly, but… it is what it is. It was imperfect, and yet perfect too. It was perfectly different. Perhaps that’s the first lesson I’ve had…

Activity Pack Ideas For Older Siblings At A Birth

March 20, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Gentle and Positive Childbirth, Motherhood, Playful Parenting, Pregnancy
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Ideas for keeping a toddler busy during labour and child birth. Activity packs, joint activities and more.

Learning Colours – Using Uncooked Pasta

March 15, 2012 Posted by Luschka under 2 - 3 years, Attachment Parenting, By Age, Colours, Communication, Language and Literacy, Creative Development, Home Education
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In our quest to learn colours but not have to spend much money on the process, I’ve discovered a few tutorials on how to colour pasta in such a way that it is bright and bold and fun looking. The problem is, the majority of these methods include the use of rubbing alcohol, or surgical…

Announcing: Squidgy Is Here

March 14, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Gentle and Positive Childbirth, Motherhood, Pregnancy
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If you follow on Facebook or Twitter, this is going to be old news to you now, but Squidgy is here!! And she’s a girl! What a surprise!! I was really expecting a boy, for some reason!

13 March 2012 – A Good Day For A Birthday?

March 13, 2012 Posted by Luschka under On Mama's Mind, Pregnancy
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So many of my friends and family are far away and won’t be able to share in this baby’s birth with us. I’m not sure how much I’ll update here today, or how much will need to be edited or spell checked later. I know when it gets to the thick of it, I’ll be…

Letter To Squidgy – 42 Weeks And 4 Days: The Start Of A Birth Story

March 13, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Letters to Squidgy, Motherhood, On Mama's Mind, Pregnancy
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Dear Squidgy, I know this is an odd thing to do – write a birth story before the baby is born. But, I’ve been waiting for you so long now, I feel like this needs to be a two part story.

Learning Colours – Make A ‘Book Of Colours’

March 8, 2012 Posted by Luschka under 2 - 3 years, Attachment Parenting, By Age, Colours, Communication, Language and Literacy, Creative Development, Home Education, Playful Parenting
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Continuing on our current theme of colours, and learning colours, we decided to make a ‘book of colours. This took a little bit of ‘setting up’ on my part, but it wasn’t too hard.

Mamatography Week 9: Visitors And Waiting

March 7, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Baby Led Weaning, Mamatography, On Mama's Mind, Projects
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It’s been an odd old week. There’s been so much ‘to do’ yet I only do it little bits at a time and as a result, the list never gets smaller. Just looking around now, there are things I should be doing and yet I’m not. I’m sitting here…resting!


It’s been an odd old week. There’s been so much ‘to do’ yet I only do it little bits at a time and as a result, the list never gets smaller. Just looking around now, there are things I should be doing and yet I’m not. I’m sitting here…resting!

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