Posts by CCoello

I have been to the Barefoot Books website and I love their books en espanol! I would love to get "Un alce, veinte ratones" for my baby Armando!

My parents (and my in-laws) are environmentally responsible in many ways. They recycle, compost, cloth diapered, reduce energy use, etc. The biggest change I have made is to strive to have everything in our house be reusable. No...

So many things to choose from!   I love the long extended hugs, how he is so cozy he usually falls asleep, how light I am on my feet rather than encumbered by a stroller, and how he experiences the world upright and at...

Fashion or Function?   Whenever I'm tempted to buy new things - and that happens all the time! - I ask myself if I'm motivated by fashion or function.   When it's just fashion, I see if I can try and remodel the...

I taught for years in a public school.   While I did my best in the situation, and tried to do my best by my students, there are so many disadvantages to having a room filled with heterogeneous learners. The pace of learning,...

I have a facebook page for my business, and facebook makes it pretty convenient to toggle between the two - they call it using different "voices". I'm not sure if it would keep your personal info completely private or not, but it's...

There is so much action over on the FB page and so little action here. If anyone is still monitoring this, come on over the FB group!

The Beco is so much cuter than the Ergo! I wish I had a Beco now too :) Plus it does the forward facing without a hack, right?   I'm definitely saving the Moby for my next newborn, as it rocked until Armie was about 13lbs,...

Quote: Originally Posted by sarahdb   As women, we're constantly bombarded with contradictory messages that we should be both independent and sacrificial. WOW. This! This is the best way to express what I've...

I think the most important thing to give new parents is CONFIDENCE. All kinds of theories from the past (a strict 4-hour feeding schedule comes to mind) that insist on rigid rules for new parents have caused trouble, and I think they...