tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30837693404638564282011-11-27T16:32:28.999-08:00Attachment Parenting is all the rage right now, but it isn't for everyone! Share Your Experiences and Opinions with Newborn Care Specialist & Consultant, and a Community of Moms on Hot Parenting Topics and Reviews Here!Heather Rickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427365933734320661noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083769340463856428.post-75555425379720555522010-08-31T21:08:00.000-07:002010-08-31T21:08:43.080-07:00

Well I took a leave of absence from my blog, wondering if it was something I really wanted to do or not?  And after a couple more months of parenting 'not as planned' I have decided to get back at it!! (the blog that is) My daughter is 8 months old and has stopped nursing.  Im pretty sure it was my supply that wasn't keeping up because when the milk was there she usually nursed well.  I had

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Please join in and add your experience and pass this along to anyone looking for the right diaper for their little one :) I have used both disposables and cloth diapers. Since they are more common, lets start with Disposables: ForNewborns - Pampers Swaddlers seem to be the favorite! They have a soft mesh inner lining, they soak up a lot of pee n poo without getting too bulky, and have a nice

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Car Seat Safety Tidbits The National Highway Traffic Safety Admin says that up to 80% of car seats are installed or being used INcorrectly! As a nanny and step mom with limited car seat experience I couldn't understand how something so common could really be epidemically used unsafely??? Well, at nine months pregnant I made an appt with the Mesa Certified Car Seat Installation Tech at the

Heather Rickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427365933734320661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083769340463856428.post-38894584962950208312010-03-27T20:41:00.000-07:002010-03-27T21:12:21.013-07:00

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So two mommy friends of mine left comments about how important it is for dad to be involved.  And you know what, they are RIGHT!  It makes me ask myself, "why did I say that?" [that being: "No offense but parenting seems more like a woman/mother's domain to me. Most effective households I am familiar with are run by women and the dads follow her advice and lead."]  "Am I around a lot of absentee

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Pardon any typo's, I enjoyed perhaps one too many glasses of wine this evening :) As a Newborn Care Specialist I come in contact with many child rearing techniques, philosophies, styles, troubles and successes. Undeniably there are those I like, those I dis like, and the ones I don't understand. Nevertheless, it is my job to understand, respect, and be able to work with all of the different

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The Dr. Sears Family seem to be everywhere these days! According to every blog, article and popular baby book, if you are not following their attachment parenting style you are damaging your baby... November 2009 Issue of Baby Talk magazine features an article by Dr. William Sears with 7 points he calls the "Baby Bs": 1) Birth Bonding - this is the perfect time for 100% attachment parenting as

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Why is it that when it comes to our own children we need outside professional help to do what we get paid to do professionally for others?  My Aunt in law suggests that our children are here to humble us; at any rate, I know I am not alone here!  When it came to scheduleing and sleep training my own daughter, I couldn't do it without help from other Newborn Care Specialists. For the first month

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Okay, so I am a Newborn Care Specialist, an experienced Nanny, a Family Science graduate, and I am a new mom that got to spend 10 days in the hospital with my baby and has had 4 wonderful pediatrician visits already... and NEVER ONCE was I taught all the hunger signs in a newborn!  If I didn't know what to watch for how many other moms don't know either?  Millions I suspect. How tragic!  Now I

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