Articles in the Nurture Category
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As I write this a Fall wind is wrapping itself around my house. My six-year-old is back in school and I can hear my son, just two running around the yard. I smile briefly because I am in gratitude, thankful for a bit of silence and a moment of reflection. This past summer was crazy with traveling and lots of guests coming to stay with us and now I sit here alone and am reminded that it is important to go inward, reflect, meditate. I remember before I had children …
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New moms can be your best resource in transferring crucial parenting and bonding techniques. After my daughter was born a friend came to visit with a gift, a bottle of Weleda Calendula Oil. She explained how it was the first oil that she used on her son and that massaging a baby daily had amazing data supporting its roll in brain development among other things. I recall her opening the bottle and smelling it and letting me too as she told me how the scent brought back beautiful infant massaging, …
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Take Five
By Dr. Alyssa Berlin, PsyD
Oh the power of a well-placed break. A short powernap on a long workday. Intermission at a play. The seventh inning stretch. How about the nine month stretch?
Transition to parenthood is challenging. Research shows that two thirds of all couples will experience a precipitous drop in marital satisfaction following the birth of a baby.
Those cute little bundles make us so happy and fill us with love and delight, but also stress us out which can make us and our partners irritable; our communication breaks down …
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Nurture Yourself By Decorating a Beautiful Space in Your Home
by Annette Tatum
Pregnancy is a magical time. Moms-to-be are amazing during this time. They are so self-less, and so dedicated to considering every way to nurture the growing baby in their bellies. But…Moms, please don’t forget to also take care of yourself too. You deserve a time to let loose, a time to indulge, and a time to relax.
In honor of “self-nurturing” week during Pregnancy Awareness Month, we invite Moms to nurture their creative spirit by decorating a beautiful space in your …
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Sacred Life, Sacred Birth ~ The First Hour after Birth
Whenever I think about sharing what I know with expectant mamas, the word ‘empowerment’ is the first thing that comes into my mind. Why? Well, over the years, and decades, we have seen the persistent dis-empowerment of women at birth. We women have ‘given away’ our power and it has been ‘taken over’ by medical authorities who ‘know better’. Why do we do this? We do this because it is new terrain for women and men who are first time parents, …
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The word doula has gained incredible popularity in the past decade. The joke in big cities is not if you have a doula but WHO is your doula. Women have become familiar and embraced the idea that a loving, informed and positive presence during the transition into motherhood can be the single best decision about their care.
We are now embracing and exploring the role of the Postpartum Doula.
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In this time of recession, families are looking for ways to save money, cut corners, and reuse. As you have one child grow out of clothing so fast, you probably realize how nice it would be to have a friend to trade outgrown children’s clothing. You spend time and money making baby gear purchases, and before you know it, it’s time for an upgrade. When you begin to have multiple children and different sexes, you might feel overwhelmed at the money that you could spend on new clothing or gear that will be outgrown in a few months. And the options for mothers in need to find nice clothing at prices that don’t dwindle the bank are limited in these times of economic stress.
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I’ve often said that we do a wonderful job in America of preparing a woman and her mate with all that she needs to know about the physical aspect of birth, but very little about the mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of birth. As a result, when the first labor pang comes, women are ill prepared for the power that is surging in, through and as them and have no idea how to manage it. The same goes for their mates. While we may say we are ‘ready’ for the baby, are we really? In every way possible?
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Parenting is hard. OK, it’s harder than hard. It can be incredibly difficult at times. As the parent to 16, 13, 12 and 5 year olds right now, I question exactly how I’m doing and whether I have failed my children somewhere along the way. I’m not the perfect parent by any stretch. And after reading “The Go-To Mom’s Parents’ Guide to Emotion Coaching Young Children”, by Kimberley Clayton Blaine, I realize I have some serious catching up to do.
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Your Sacred Pregnancy ~ Moving from fear to faith
When I was pregnant with my first son over 7 years ago, I knew I wanted to have a home birth with a midwife. For most of my life, I had had an innate distrust of hospitals and allopathic medicine, (having had epilepsy as a girl, years of multiple hospital visits and years of pharmaceutical drugs). Desiring a home birth seemed to be perfectly normal and logical to me; I could labor at home, call my midwife when it was time, and …
