Motherly Intuition

22/09/2013

Oh I love Ina May!!! So true!

05/09/2013

" There are few easy choices as mothers and there are virtually NO choices without consequences. "

Mothering article, To Vaccinate or Not- A Tale of Two Choices When I was pregnant with my first child, I spent most of the pregnancy worried about and

02/09/2013

Today I Rallied for Evidence Based Birth Care!!

“Labor” Day takes on a new meaning this year with the 2013 Rally to Improve Birth being organized in 160 cities across America, and around the world. Behind this global event is a mother, Cristen Pascucci, pushing to improve the birthing experience for all women.

01/09/2013

"So as a parent who wants to do the best for my children, I have decided that we as parents need to stop worrying about what others think of our parenting and how we handle our children, and start worrying about what our children think of our parenting. Because we are not accountable to those that judge our parenting we are accountable to our sweet children and our Heavenly Father who has entrusted us with these Children, to love and respect them."

http://motherlyintuition.blogspot.com/2013/07/when-we-let-others-perceived-opinion.html?m=1

01/09/2013

01/09/2013

I remind myself of this all the time! It really improves my empathy towards my kids!

01/09/2013

A great reminder!

24/08/2013

"Studies show that responding to a baby’s needs (not letting a baby “cry it out”) has been shown to influence the development of conscience; positive touch affects stress reactivity, impulse control and empathy; free play in nature influences social capacities and aggression; and a set of supportive caregivers (beyond the mother alone) predicts IQ and ego resilience as well as empathy."

Published: January 07, 2013Author: Susan GuibertSocial practices and cultural beliefs of modern life are preventing healthy brain and emotional development in children, according to an interdisciplinary body of research presented recently at a symposium at the University of Notre Dame.“Life outcomes...

23/08/2013

I cannot praise my midwife enough!!

More than 90 percent of births in the U.S. are supervised by doctors, but a growing minority of women rely on midwives to provide their primary care. A new review, published by The Cochrane Library on Tuesday, lends support to that model, finding that consistent midwife care throughout pregnancy is…

23/08/2013

Yes, they are ALL Good babies!

Mothering article, All good babies.   Two weeks after my son was born the crying began. He woke every twenty minutes during naps and nighttime and we’d nurse

16/08/2013

The mommy wars never end no matter what you do!! How do you avoid them?

‘Yep. She also poos on command. Tilda, poo for Mummy. Poo for Mummy... She did it before.' 'Are you using disposable nappies?’ ‘No!’ ‘Neither. Ours are cloth. They’re amazing! They’re made from some special fabric... I think it’s teflon. Yeah, it’s teflon. You?’ ‘We’re using discarded waste products...

14/08/2013

A recent study revealed that 79% of moms know that breastfeeding is best for mom and baby. 40 percent of moms list their greatest concern as breastfeeding in public. 28 percent were concerned that they wouldn’t be able to breastfeed long enough. The more uncomfortable a woman is with the breastfeeding the less likely she is to continue. We have made righteous women uncomfortable with the virtuous use of their breasts because of our culture’s hyper-sexualization and objectification of them. I think breastfeeding rates (and the duration of breastfeeding) would rise if women felt more comfortable to nurse in public.

Seagull Monument at Temple Square I have always wanted to expand on my previous post “Breastfeeding and Modesty” so this post has been forming in my head for quite a while.  If you have not yet rea...