Category Archive: Attachment Parenting

Aug
10

Back to School!

A photo of Gabriel's first day of kindergarten, 2010

I’ve never been one of those moms who cried at milestones. I’ve looked forward to the first solid food, the first steps, the first loose tooth, and even the first day of school. It’s hard not to be excited when your kids are absolutely desperate to escape you and each otherover the moon at the …

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Mar
25

Finding our School Groove

Gabriel & Lily on the first day of school this year

Like many American parents, I spent a great deal of time the past two years completely freaking out worrying about sending my children to school. Public school? Broken, underfunded, full of bullies, a little scary. Private school? Long commute, overpriced, not feasible, full of rich kids & drugs, a little scary. Home school? Holy shit. …

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Mar
08

One of the Fifty Million…

This weekend, I attended a talk by Kip Nash, a Boulder man who has turned many of the front yards in his neighborhood into farm plots as part of the Boulder Community Roots project. If the endless gorgeous seed catalogs, warm weather, and the kohlrabi, sorrel, kale, garlic, onions, garlic chives, and strawberries sprouting in …

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Sep
03

Urgent – Bassinet recall due to risk of death

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I have been watching CPSC recalls for about four years now (you know, ever since I became a parent) and this is the first one I remember that was issued due to the tragic death of a child. In the case of the Simplicity bassinet pictured here, two infants died as a result of slipping …

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Aug
26

Co-Sleeping, it’s not just for mamas and babies anymore!

I have blogged about co-sleeping and night-nursing/night-weaning ad nauseum quite a bit in the past two years (night-weaning resources, night-weaning), and now I’m hear to share the next installment in the suspenseful thriller that is sleep at Chez Artz. You see, although I’ve been co-sleeping with my daughter, Lily, for most of her nearly 2.5 …

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Aug
25

Do you have 5 minutes for going green?

I am pleased to announce that I will be writing for 5 Minutes for Going Green once a month starting today! My first post shares some of the great reasons to compost, so please check it out. 5 Minutes for Going Green, although relatively new to the eco-blogosphere, has a lot of great contributors and …

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Mar
08

Night Weaning Resources for the Sleep Deprived

I woke up around midnight last night to the battle cry of my 22-month-old daughter, “Mommy mook, Mommy mook!” Her door was open, so usually she would come into our bedroom to demand milk in the night. But last night she didn’t. Last night she just howled with rage. Why? Because, even in her half-awake …

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Jan
12

Tantrums: Not just for the 2-year-old!

I can’t remember if I was blogging yet when Gabriel had the historic tantrum after I told him he could not put raisins and a half-eaten PB&J in the VCR (he was about 14 months old, so it was a while ago), but today we had a tantrum that may replace this one in the …

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Jul
10

Scaling back my expectations

When I started back to work part-time in February, I spent a good deal of time beating myself up for wanting to go back to work instead of wanting to spend 24/7 with my children. After two months of chaos as we all adjusted to my new schedule and the new nanny, I finally came …

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Jun
16

WTF – Eggo Waffles = Child Abuse?

I met a friend at the park today. While we were chatting, she mentioned that another member a parenting board she belongs to posted a statement that feeding your child Eggo waffles was child abuse. We had a laugh about how ridiculous that was at the time, but honestly it’s been on my mind all …

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