Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Cool sites, Favorite Things Friday, Health, Meditation on Nov 20th, 2009
Did you know your tongue is directly connected to your feet? I didn’t, either. This past Saturday I took an amazing class at Little Yoga House. The Anatomy of Breathing. It was taught by Leslie Kaminoff of The Breathing Project. Leslie, who co-authored Yoga Anatomy, was on Long Island for a Long Island Yoga Association [...]
Posted in Crunchy & Green News on Nov 19th, 2009
The Guardian (UK) knows there’s more to life than humans. Biodiversity loss is Earth’s ‘immense and hidden’ tragedy, Darwin’s ‘natural heir’ warns KB: It’s time to stop being selfish, and start looking past our own lives. Discovery news asks people to butt in. Cigarette Butts Toxic to Fish. KB: I never understood why some smokers [...]
I’ve written about it before: Both my kids were a week late. And both times my midwives and the doctors they worked with were pressuring me to induce. (Well, the second midwife not-so-much, but she did say she had to induce if I went past that weekend.) One high risk doctor told me he would [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Friendship, Play on Nov 18th, 2009
This is my 42nd blog post. (I had planned on writing about this topic as my 40th post, but I misread the WordPress dashboard. Sigh.) Those who have followed my musings from the beginning have read about my klutzy mistakes, my abusive ex, my friend issues. I’ve shared stories about my urinary incontinence, how I [...]
Posted in Birth, Illness, Pregnancy, Preventative medicine on Nov 17th, 2009
Yesterday, I stumbled upon a great blog post over on MomLogic written by Angela Chee. She was complaining about incontinence issues with her pregnancy. As I read her post, my own issues with leakage came wooshing back at me. I got the flu not once but twice when I was pregnant with Little Girl. I [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Sleep, toddlers on Nov 16th, 2009
I have two good sleepers. Both girls were sleeping through the night within a week or two. (And no, I didn’t nurse, so I know that has a lot to do with it. And yes, I got a lot of crap about not nursing. We’ll get to that in a separate post.) Today, my big [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Favorite Things Friday, Friendship on Nov 13th, 2009
Friends. They can be so important to our well-being, keeping us sane, healthy, and happy, and changing our lives for better or for worse. I thought I’d shake Favorite Things Friday up yet again, so — although I still selected several found-on-the-Web favorites for inclusion in this week’s list — I’m dedicating the first few [...]
I am obsessed with all things related to pregnancy. I always have been. I read trashy-but-fun celebrity baby bump gossip. I quiz my friends about their impending childbirth. I get misty-eyed when I hear about a new baby or a new pregnancy. I’ve even written about the topic for magazines such as Parents, Shape, and [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Friendship, Shopping on Nov 11th, 2009
I got a press release from the American Family Council yesterday. It called for a boycott of all Gap-owned stores because The Gap refuses to use the word “Christmas” in its holiday advertising including in-store displays. The boycott is running from November 1 through Christmas day. I have a problem with this on so many [...]
Little Girl got a fever on Saturday. We never would have known aside from the fact that she felt like a hot water bottle when we picked her up. We took her temperature. 104.2 degrees. Wow. We called the doctor. Did she have any other symptoms, the doctor wanted to know. Coughing? Sneezing? Boogie nose? [...]