Sep

10

Do Parents Need Training In Infant Psychology?

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September 10, 2007 | 2 Comments

I read an interesting article over the weekend. The basic premise was on parents receiving training in infant mental health. Do parents really need to be trained in their infants mental health? Do infants have mental health issues that need special training? Is it really nessisary for parents to pay someone to come wathc them […]

Aug

17

Cloth is Good For Mommy Too!

Posted by Commander Mommy

August 17, 2007 | 1 Comment

Most people know that I use cloth diapers. I love, love, love them for a majority of reasons. Style, ease of use, evironmentally friendly, safer on their skin, the lsit goes on. You could say that natural cloth is my absolute favorite products for babies. But it’s also my favorite for mommy too.
When I was […]

Aug

14

Diaper Rash is a Pain In the Butt

Posted by Commander Mommy

August 14, 2007 | 3 Comments

My oldest son used to get horrible diaper rashes. I mean aweful. That is the main reason we switched to cloth diapers. Though he’s still got sensitive skin, there were no more huge raw spots that he would get after just a few minutes. And trust me, that used to happen far too often.
My […]

Aug

1

World Breastfeeding Week - Get Your Early Nursing Relationship Going Well

Posted by Commander Mommy

August 1, 2007 | 5 Comments

August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week. Breastfeeding ym sons has been one of the best experiences in my life, and one of the things I am the proudest of. There were difficulties, pain, clogged ducts, thrush, bites, day long nursing marathons, and a few comments from others who seemed to want breastfeeding mothers to fail. […]

Jul

19

Extended Breastfeeding

Posted by Commander Mommy

July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment

Ann Sinnott, whose 15 year old daughter self-weaned at the age of six and a half, is writing a book about sustained breastfeeding, (breastfeeding children three years and older). She would like long-term breastfeeding mothers, past and present, to complete a questionnaire at the link below. She would also like completed questionnaires from mothers who […]

Jul

5

Shopping for a new baby

Posted by Commander Mommy

July 5, 2007 | 1 Comment

New parents are never really certain about what they will need. If you go by the glossy magazine layouts and the celebrity spreads you would think you need a few billion things for your new bundle of joy. The stores all have 101 trickets and bobbles to sell expecting parents for their coming babes. With […]

Jul

2

Do you have a pregnancy or breastfeeding story to share?

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July 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Admit it, we mothers love to talk about our kids. We will share the weird cravings we had during the pregnancy, how we almost broke the nurse’s nose during labor when she amde a rude comment, and about all the late nights in the early weeks that left us wanting to run away from home. […]

Jun

15

Breastfeeding

Posted by Commander Mommy

June 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I’m a huge fan of breastfeeding. I nursed my first son for close to a year and a half, and now I’m nursing my second son at a year and still going strong. There are so many myths and so much misinformation out there about breastfeeding that its a wonder any mother can weed through […]