The great down under cloth nappy hunt begins this week and goes for the month of September. It is a fantastic way to support some work at home mum’s and indulge in some guilt-free ethical shopping. Why do I talk about modern cloth nappies on my blog? Because…
This provocative magazine cover has caused quite a stir! The accompanying article in TIME magazine states that attachment parenting is on the rise as more parents feel drawn to a more natural parenting style. There are two sides to this story. Some believe this philosophy places pressure…
Mother guilt. Is this merely a term to describe mothers with perfectionist tendencies? Or does this term impact ALL mothers regardless of race, religion or parenting style? Is the perfect or good mother a myth? Where does our guilt come from? Does it stem from pressure…
The New York times recently produced this article in response to the claim of feminist Erica Jong that alternative parenting imprisons mothers who are trapped by their roles and choices. There was also this article inspired by Elisabeth Badinter’s new book that discussed why attachment parenting is joyless.…
This has always my perception of the home-schooled family. But here is the modern homeschooling family! Look! They seem almost….normal! In the last few years I have come across mums who homeschool or who were homeschooled. What was once a foreign concept full of harsh…
The amount of disposable nappies used from birth to toilet training. As a society we have become obsessed with convenience. After all we’re busy, stressed and time poor and ‘need’ to embrace modern alternatives right? As mother’s, convenience has to be a priority for our…
When I had my first child, I was adamant he would never be allowed in my bed. I read horror stories in parenting magazines that convinced me that co-sleeping was dangerous, old school and most definitely not for me! So strong was my paranoia,…
When we choose to live ‘differently’ from the norm (or mainstream) we may encounter defensive and seemingly narrow-minded responses. It appears going against the flow challenges and confronts people’s beliefs about many things: including parenting. When my youngest son was born he cried 12 hours…
When my second child was born, he had super sensitive skin. He broke out in a rash after I applied the supposedly ‘mild and gentle’ Johnson and Johnson products and even reacted to traces of beauty products/perfumes on my own skin! And so, my friend…
What was once just an object with wheels to get your baby around has now become a million dollar industry: Prams. They’ve become a part of the yummy mummy culture with the media snapping pics of celebrity mum’s pushing them, magazines promoting them and mum’s…