Posts Tagged by baby

Taming the Tigress – the Protective Parent

April 15, 2010

Posted by Luschka under Child Safety, Motherhood, On Mama's Mind

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There are so many emotions and feelings involved in parenting. Most of them are beautiful, wonderful emotions and feelings, but there are a few that are technnically quite negative.

I’m a Gaga Mama

April 9, 2010

Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Consistent Care, On Mama's Mind

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I was accused recently in an article I wont give credence by linking to, of being ‘gag worthy’ for a post I wrote when my daughter was four weeks old, in which I took a humorous look at the things that have changed in my life since becoming a mother. This person went further and…

Adventures in Cloth Nappies – Part 3

April 6, 2010

Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Cloth Nappies

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So there it is. Day 1 in cloth nappies is over, and I’m sorry to say, was an absolute success. Yes, I admit. There was a part of me, the lazy part of me, that really hoped it wouldn’t ‘work’ for us. But this was not the case.

Letter to a Six Month Old

April 4, 2010

Posted by Luschka under Letters to Ameli, On Mama's Mind

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Dear Ameli I can’t believe you’re six months old today. You’re asleep here next to me, and I look down over your long little body and my breath quickens as I try to take it all in. I can still see you, a tiny little curled up figure, barely bigger than my two hands lying…

A Sling is a Wonderful Thing

March 22, 2010

Posted by Luschka under Baby Wearing

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Before I became pregnant, I had never given a moment’s thought to the transportation of babies. They go in push chairs, and that’s where they go. Or so I thought.Â It was only on walking into a popular baby shop that I became aware of the range of options, and found that none were going…

Reclaiming Birth Rally – London 7 March 2010

March 9, 2010

Posted by Luschka under Current Events, Gentle and Positive Childbirth

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On Sunday 7 March hundreds of men, women and children marched from the Elephant and Castle area of London to Whitehall to deliver a petition to the Department of Health and letters to the Prime Minister. Speakers from the National Childbirth Trust, The Royal College of Midwifery, Independent Midwives UK, Association for Improvement in the…

Dear Ameli- Letter to a five month old

March 5, 2010

Posted by Luschka under Letters to Ameli, On Mama's Mind

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Dear AmeliÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4 March 2010 I can’t believe how quickly this month has flown by, nor can I believe that five months ago this minute, I was opening my eyes from my first decent sleep in days. You have grown in leaps and bounds this month. You seem in such a hurry. It has been…

365-49 to 365-55 A Week in Pictures

March 3, 2010

Posted by Luschka under Mamatography, Projects

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On the 21st of this month, I will have lived in the UK for 7 years. Of that 7 years, I will have lived in London for 4 1/2 years. I was looking through some photo albums recently, when it dawned on me that living here, I’d never taken photos of those ‘iconically British’ things…