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	Water, Pregnancy, and Birth Pregnant women and their growing babies can benefit from being in the water long before the baby arrives, as well as during birth.
	Pamper Your Pregnant Self A relaxed day of good food, great music, and appreciation for the beauty of a pregnant body rejuvenates a harried mom-to-be.
	Mothering Radio: Breastfeeding & PPD In this episode, Mothering Radio explores breastfeeding and postpartum depression. Julie Grant interviews Kathleen Kendall-Tackett.
	Diapering Naturally Considering cloth but don't know where to start? Check out this helpful how-to section with descriptions and videos demonstrating the wonderful world of today's cloth diapers.
	Climb, Swing & Snuggle: Reading Readiness Involves the Whole Body Allowing reading to develop naturally or teaching it later tends to create eager, lifelong readers. In contrast, teaching children to read early is often stressful.
	The Circumference of O When the plan to have Olivia spend a year in a mainstream French classroom got derailed, we found ourselves creators of a mash-up curriculum, neither French- nor California-branded.
	Hatch a Natural Writer Here are some fun and helpful tips and ideas to encourage and develop your child's love for writing throughout their childhood.
	Labeled Disabled For years there has been a separation between those with and without disabilities. And while some of the distinctions have been positive, others have not been.
	10 Tips for Developing a Love for Literature Creating a love for reading takes effort. Here's how to help your children run to the bookshelf in anticipation of their next adventure.
	Getting Started with Cloth Diapers It costs about the same to use cloth and disposables, right? No way! If you launder cloth diapers at home, you can save as much as $1,500 over the entire diapering period.
	Unplugged Vacations "You're a better woman than I am," sighed my friend. I had just told her of our summer vacation plans to a place without electricity, plumbing, gas, phone lines, roads or satellite reception.
	Good Housecleaning Baking soda, vinegar, a good soap, washing soda, and tea tree oil: five non-toxic basics to keep your house as clean and green as possible.
	Enjoying My Daughter with Down Syndrome Our second child was born with ease at home, as our first had been. But there she was, little and pale, with the almond-shaped eyes given to those with an extra 21st chromosome.
	Natural Hand Sanitizers Experts agree that one of the easiest ways to avoid spreading germs is to wash your hands, particularly prior to eating. However, sinks and bathrooms are not always available.
	Breastfeeding Triplets It is crucial to remember that nursing three children at once, although more difficult than nursing one child, is possible.
	The Photograph I continued to revel in the moment, my mind's eye clicking with the camera: the smell of my baby girl, the dimly lit room, the quick and gentle rhythm of her suckle. This is what I was made for.
	Seashells There is no substitute for learning proper latching and baby-holding techniques from an expert, but the most surprising tip for me was to place seashells on my nipples.
	Buy Buy Baby It's not that we don't enjoy cooing over the various infant accoutrement, it's just that we've got better things to do with our time (and Benjamins) than shop for things we can virtually find for free.
	The Unsaid: Black Women and the Birth Experience A recent Black Birth Survey, conducted by the ICTC, revealed that black women frequently experience fear, anxiety, and cultural misunderstandings when giving birth in hospital settings.
	Quinoa From Peggy's Kitchen: Quinoa has a better protein value than most grains and is perfect for those who need more protein, such as pregnant or nursing mothers.
	The Art of Intuition My grandmother knew things beyond the familiar realm of the senses. When I was a child, I asked my mother, "But how does she know?
	Mother Wit When I hear such phrases as "follow your instinct" or "go with your gut," I am reminded of how many times, taking a test, I would change my first answer to a question, only to learn later that my first choice had been correct.
	Meditating With Silas After a half hour of mindful breathing my morning meditation session is interrupted by Silas, the indefatigably curious three-year-old.
	Shine the Light The joy of music--and two dedicated parents--bring strength and purpose to a young girl with Reactive Attachment Disorder.
	Bad Hair Month On the day I gave birth, I looked more beautiful than on my wedding day. After 24 hours without sleep or food, I positively glowed. I was a mommy.

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