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    Pre-Conception Planning Post

    September 29, 2010 / No Comments

    I wrote a post for Offbeat Mama about the value of spending time preparing for conception. Definitely check it out if you’re interested! I truly adore Ariel.

    Also, there are only a few more days left to register for the next Purposeful Conception Course: Preparing Your Mind, Body, and Life for Pregnancy, which begins October 3 and runs through November 5. This course will be the last one of the year.

    Here’s some of the positive feedback from the last course:

    “This was an excellent course and a lot of thought, research, hard work, and love went into it – that is obvious. It was comforting to find a
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    Post-Birth Guests

    September 28, 2010 / 18 Comments

    I got a lovely e-mail from a kindred spirit in Australia, talking about how to navigate visits from family after birth.

    Here’s what she said:

    The first weeks and months and year even, are extremely wonderful but also challenging for so many reasons you have already identified. However, managing the relationship with parents and in-laws can be equally wonderful and fraught (much like-wedding planning). All sorts of assumptions and expectations and stress around the new baby and our own upbringings can really make that transition from son/daughter to parent and from parent to grandparent extremely difficult. For example, our birth centre recommended no visitors for the first 24hrs to let
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    Montessori Self-Service Water Station

    September 27, 2010 / 4 Comments

    Image courtesy of Meg via Sew Liberated

    I’m so inspired by the toddler self-service water station that Meg set up for her son Finn (featured over at Sew Liberated).
    I am definitely bookmarking this post to remind myself of a great strategy for cultivating independence, concentration, and focus.
    That reminds me: I need to add the documentary Edison’s Day to my baby registry. It’s all about a family that implements Montessori in their home with a 21-month old. It’s chock-full of ideas!
    I need to learn more about Montessori for infants. Hmm…let me see what resources I can find right now:
    • Here’s a video about an infant/toddler Montessori class.
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