Diaper Free:  Facts and FAQs
Sat, 6/06/09 – 22:05 | 47 Comments

Going diaper free with your baby is not as hard or bizarre as you might think.  In the Western world, we have been programmed to believe that babies need diapers, but in many parts of …

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The Period of Purple Crying
Tuesday, 23 Sep, 2008 – 8:34 | 18 Comments
The Period of Purple Crying

I’ve seen a lot of posts on other blogs lately about crying babies and they inspired me to write this article, especially because our daughter, who I will call Sweet Cheeks, has also been crying …

Another (controversial?) way to calm a fussy or crying baby
Monday, 8 Sep, 2008 – 9:45 | 16 Comments
Another (controversial?) way to calm a fussy or crying baby

I did a search on this topic before starting to write this, and found that people are not necessarily on the same page with this calming technique.  So I want to start this post by …

Rediscovering another calming baby hold
Tuesday, 26 Aug, 2008 – 20:39 | 3 Comments
Rediscovering another calming baby hold

Hi all,
Last night I was carrying my 1 month old daughter around and the usual techniques didn’t seem to be working.  I was on the verge of a collapse worse than Britney Spears after a …

What would we do without our Didymos?
Thursday, 7 Aug, 2008 – 20:37 | 4 Comments
What would we do without our Didymos?

We carry our newborn in a Didymos Sling wherever we go. We used the same sling with our first born as well. The amount of mileage we have gotten out of it so far is …