I think that if one CAN have multiple carriers, it is nice to be able to choose the best carrier for the situation, but I got through my daughter's babyhood with one stretchy wrap, and her toddlerhood with a bunch of homemade pouches,...
Most of this is excellent, but I do not consider legs below bum in a carrier designed for that carry to be an absolute contraindication or safety issue. In a ring sling, YES, knees need to be up. But the Hip Dysplasia Institute...
Baby wood would have freaked me out if I hadn't been warned... but hasn't been too much of of a problem. I've been peed on way more often by my girls than my son, the only place he seems to really cut loose is the doctor's office for...
I ended up getting Alva pocket diapers, and I'm pretty happy with them, have more on the way. The 4.0 dipes with color snaps and double gussets work not only for my 17 pound 4 1/2 month old, and my 25 pound 3 y/o niece, but my 45 pound...
I'm wondering if your babies have been checked for posterior (submucosal) tongue tie. That turned out to be our problem, Miles fed fine the first month or so, but I kept getting yeast infections, which turned out to be due to damage he...
All right, cloth diaper people... talk to me. I've had it with blowouts from disposables, we're doing enough laundry of clothes from diaper failures that I might as well be cloth diapering. I've done it in the past, first with pins and...
I always preface things with doctors with, "I don't mind doing tests and checks when there's something we can do with the information learned, but if there is no potential for treatment, I am not willing to put myself or my baby...
Legal issues aside, women are best served when midwifery is legal and flexible, and when hospitals maintain good relationships with the midwives in the community. Birth is safest when women have the freedom to choose the birth that...
