• Last updated 3/14/13 by mamazee

This morning, I am launching a giveaway for the following Kushies cloth diapers: (1) Kushies Ultra-Lite Infant (10-22 lb.) Trial Pack in Pink, which includes: 2 Ultra-Lite All-in-One Diapers 2 Washcloths 2 Washable Cotton Diaper Liners 10 Flushable, Biodegradable Diaper Liners (2) Kushies Ultra-Lite Infant (10-22 lb.) Trial Pack in Blue, which includes: 2 Ultra-Lite All-in-One Diapers 2 Washcloths 2 Washable Cotton Diaper Liners 10 Flushable, Biodegradable Diaper Liners (3) One Toddler size (22-45... read more

• Last updated 10/29/10 by Mothering Editorial

By Wendy Correa Issue 95, July/August 1999 In the past few decades we have become increasingly aware of the need to radically alter our lifestyles in order to draw less upon our natural resources. Breastfeeding is probably the most overlooked means of contributing to the health of our planet. Breastmilk is a valuable renewable natural resource that is the most ecologically sound food source available. It is produced and delivered to the consumer without using other resources, and it creates no pollution. In contrast, artificial baby milk production... read more

• Last updated 4/13/10 by Jennifer Margulis

When I went to a friend’s birthday party a few weeks ago there was a mom there bottle feeding her 3-month-old. At my 10-year-old daughter’s gymnastics meet last Saturday I saw two tiny twins being bottle fed. It makes me sad to see such small babies being fed formula from bottles. A new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School, published April 5th in Pediatrics, “The Burden of Suboptimal Breastfeeding in the United States: A Pediatric Cost Analysis,” concluded that the United States would save over $13 billion a year and prevent more than 900 infant deaths if... read more

• Last updated 3/20/13 by mamazee

#1: I love to suck on Mommy’s chin. Wait, where did it go? Ah [drool, drool], there it is. Yummy. #2: I can sit up by myself. Oops. Until I fall over. #3: I am a good grabber. #4: I grab Big Sister #2’s hair. #5: I grab Big Brother’s shirt. #6: I grab the platter. Oops. Now it’s on the floor. #7: I grab — [editor's note: I think everyone gets the idea.] #8: I like to stand on laps. #9: I like to bounce on laps. Bouncy bouncy bouncy. #10: My fingernails are razor sharp, even though Mommy cuts them almost every... read more

• Last updated 4/5/10 by Mothering Editorial

April 06, 2010 "The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90 percent of U.S. women fed their babies breast milk only for the first six months of life," says an article by the Associate Press yesterday entitled "Study: Breast-feeding would save lives, money". 1 According to the article, these results, which were published Monday in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) journal Pediatrics, have held up well to preliminary expert analysis. "The health care system has got to be aware that breast-feeding makes a profound... read more

• Last updated 3/14/13 by mamazee

Leone, who’s almost five months old (already? How is that possible?) has discovered how to blow raspberries. She’s also started noticing her out breaths. These spectacular wonders of her natural self are particularly fascinating at 4:00 a.m. In other news, she can sit up by herself for about a quarter of a second before falling on her nose and flattening it into Silly Putty. And she grabs things. The lip of the plate while she’s sitting on my lap at the table, the bamboo flute on the windowsill, the junk mail advertisement. She holds onto what... read more

• Last updated 3/28/10 by Mothering Editorial

My question relates to breastfeeding, sleep, and weaning. My son is now two-years-old and is still an extremely enthusiastic breastmilk drinker, nursing about ten times a day, sometimes for up to 20 minutes at a time. At this point, he shows no signs of losing interest in nursing, while I have very mixed feelings. On the one hand, I really like and respect the idea of child-led weaning. I can clearly see how much my son seems to need that time with me, and I don't want to deprive him of that if it might be traumatic for him. But at the same time, I feel personally ready... read more

• Last updated 3/15/10 by Mothering Blogger

by Jake Aryeh Marcus    Find Sustainable Mothering on Facebook and Jake on Twitter. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Jennifer and Scott Spiegel are suing the hospital in which Ms. Spiegel gave birth because she was accidentally brought the wrong baby to breastfeed. I haven’t found a copy of the legal Complaint seeking damages in excess of $30,000 for the couple, but in every interview with the Spiegels I can find there is no allegation that their baby was harmed in any way. Switching babies is a serious matter. If babies are not properly identified, they can be given... read more

• Last updated 4/7/13 by AdinaL

“Getting any sleep?” This seems to be the question of choice that well-meaning strangers, family members, and friends all ask me. I guess Americans enjoy talking about sleep and in our culture we equate babies with sleepless nights. Plus I’m practically holding up a sign with the dark circles under my eyes and my mussed hair: SLEEPLESS LADY. Usually it’s not the baby’s fault. Four-month-old Baby Leone does what a baby needs to do: wakes up at night to nurse or to use the potty or to let me know that her diaper’s wet. Then she goes right back to sleep... read more

• Last updated 3/4/10 by Jennifer Margulis

Leone TripodingWhen Leone was born she looked like a prizefighter who had lost the match: her eyes were puffy and her face was squashed. She came out frowning, unsure about the world where she suddenly found herself. Now, four months old,she’s much less skeptical. She’s a serious little creature but she has a good sense of humor and a patient, kind, sociable disposition. She can’t really roll over yet but she can wriggle. She’s such an accomplished wriggler that if you put her on her tummy she’ll kick and flail and manage to move somewhere. Then she raises her eyebrows... read more