• Created on 5/4/10 by mamazee

It’s a given that you use spousies when you travel with a baby. That’s what we did most of the time with our older three, even though we were super duper into the whole cloth diaper thing. But why can’t you travel with cloth? Since Descartes tells us we have to examine all of our beliefs, reject our assumptions, and follow only what we can verify is certain, I’ve decided to reject the idea that you can’t travel with cloth diapers. You can. I’ve taken Leone on one long car trip — for an assignment in Gold Beach, Oregon — and traveled twice... read more

• Created on 5/3/10 by Mothering Editorial

I have a 17 month old and I would like to begin trying to conceive another child. The problem is I still haven't begun menstruating again and my son continues to nurse at least three times a day and quite often at night as well. Although I enjoy breastfeeding; I am worried about when we will be able to conceive again. Do you have any suggestions about either breastfeeding, nutrition, or alternative therapies that will help me to regain my fertility? I have heard good things about acupuncture but I am not sure if it would be wise for me to "force" menstruation while... read more

• Created on 5/3/10 by Mothering Editorial

I have been co-sleeping and nursing my son since he was born. Although there have certainly been challenges; this gentle approach has always felt right to me. However, lately I have started to question the way my husband and I are handling nighttime parenting. To start with, it is becoming increasingly difficult to get our son to sleep. I try to nurse him to sleep but it often doesn't work at night anymore. My husband will then take him and rock him while he crys. Sometimes he will fall asleep while being rocked, and other times I will take him and breastfeed him... read more

• Created on 5/3/10 by mamazee

Hello, lovely mamas. Today I am giving away three cloth diapers. 1) Soft Bums Giraffe Print PerfectFit One Size Daper with an organic bamboo insert… 2) SmartiPants light blue One Size Pocket Diaper with Insert 3) Newborn Bambino Mio Trial Pack, containing 1 polka-dot cover, 1 cotton prefold, and one flushable liner To enter, please leave a comment stating your preference as to which diaper you’d like to win–and feel free to leave your favorite cloth diaper tip (on washing, drying, getting out stains, etc.),... read more

• Created on 5/2/10 by mamazee

Kristin Johnson: the striped GroBaby cloth diaper combination AnnNville: the flowered GroBaby combination (please get in touch with me, Ann, because I haven’t heard back from you via email yet) Patsy Fincher: the pink Kushies infant trial pack Elena (author of the r.lovies blog): the blue Kushies infant trial pack Dottie Conrad: Green Swirly Kushies Toddler Diaper Summer McCreless: Green Squares Kushies Toddler Diaper I have emailed the winners–but if you see your name or handle here, please email me at candacew at mothering dot... read more

• Created on 5/2/10 by mamazee

If you have friends who are using cloth diapers, invite yourself over for a crash course and a chat. If you’re a cloth diaper pioneer (and chances are you will be, since plastic diaper companies have been advertising and brainwashing the American public so effectively that only something like five percent of American moms and dads are using cloth these days), Internet groups, like the cloth diaper forums on Mothering.com, are a great place to go to ask questions and learn. More conventional sites (like BabyZone.com) also have good cloth diaper... read more

• Created on 5/1/10 by mamazee

I have an article about cloth diapering in this month’s Mothering magazine. It’s 5,000 words long. It’s sort of impossible to imagine how anyone could have 5,000 words to say about cloth diapering. But I did. And I actually could have written 5,000 more. I don’t even know that much about cloth diapers. I must be a cloth diaper freak or fanatic or obsessive or something. But I’m not. Well, not really. Well, okay, maybe I am. Well, okay, maybe I wasn’t before I started researching the article (which Peggy asked me to write.... read more

• Created on 4/30/10 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

• Created on 4/21/10 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

• Created on 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