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DIYs, How To’s, Recipes, and More From the Natural Parents Network Volunteers

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A collection of posts that focus on Do It Yourself projects, How To’s, Tutorials, Recipes, and anything related to a step by step guide or informational how-to from the volunteers of Natural Parents Network. Continue reading

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Monday’s Mama: Three Principles for Finding Balance as a Work-at-Home Mother

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I actually began working at home as a freelance writer and editor more than a year before I became a mother, and so I already had more or less dependable work habits, a roster of clients, and systems for tracking invoices and my expenses. What I didn’t have was any sense of how to find balance in caring for my family’s needs, my clients’ needs, and my own needs (including my creative needs as a poet). Continue reading

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Monday’s Mamas: Reflections on Balance Part 2-Presence

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Balance for a parent is like water is for the human body. If we don’t have some, we cannot meet the task of parenting with clarity on a moment-to-moment basis. At the same time, the human body is comprised of … Continue reading

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Monday’s Mamas: Reflections on Balance Part 1

Balance can mean different things to different parents, and we are all familiar with the concept. In dissecting the word to uncover the feeling beneath, you may find that you are ultimately trying to experience a sense of peace as … Continue reading

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Monday’s Mamas: Reflections on Balance Part 1

Balance can mean different things to different parents, and we are all familiar with the concept. In dissecting the word to uncover the feeling beneath, you may find that you are ultimately trying to experience a sense of peace as … Continue reading

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Monday’s Mamas Musts: Menstrual Cups

I know what you are thinking – why is she going to talk about this, I don’t want to talk about my period.  But this week is my first cycle since Little Man was born!  It is an odd feeling … Continue reading

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Monday’s Mamas Musts: Lanolin

This is going to be a short but important one.  Do not forget the importance of lanolin.  Most everyone knows that it is a great nipple soother in those first few months of getting nursing and your latch down.  What … Continue reading

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