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Crying and Attachment Parenting
I’m sharing a post from the archives today, one of the first I wrote here at The Parent Vortex. I’ll be back with a fresh post later this week, but for now, I hope you enjoy this one. Breastfeeding on...
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5 Attachment Friendly Ways to Teach Baby to Nap Alone
Whether you’ve made a conscious decision to practice attachment parenting or you fell into it by following your instincts, there comes a time when your newborn baby starts to grow out of that newborn...
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Breastfeeding a Two Year Old
I never thought I’d be breastfeeding a two year old. And yet, here we are two years later, and Claire is still nursing. As Lauren says, it just kind of creeps up on you and one day your nursling isn’t...
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Repost: 10 Tips for Dining Out With Kids
I’m taking a little holiday from regular posting right now, but I wanted to share this post from the archives. Eating out with kids is always a challenge, and it might look like this (as illustrated...
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The Period of PURPLE Crying
All babies cry, and that’s the truth. However, some babies cry more than others. And most babies experience a peak of crying between 2 weeks and 3-4 months of age. Whether you call it colic or not,...
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7 Tips for Maintaining Gentle Discipline While Traveling
Maintaining a positive attitude and attachment between yourself and a young child can be challenging, but adding travel to the mix can spell disaster for even the most experienced and dedicated...
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Night Weaning a Breastfeeding Toddler
I wrote this post before going away in November, thinking that I’d get around to editing the draft while I was gone. Not only did that not happen, I decided to wean Claire completely while we were...
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Weekend Links
My links this weekend are all political, which is unusual for me. But I feel so strongly about protecting the coast of my beautiful province, and I think every Canadian needs to know what is going on...
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Addiction, Attachment and Bullying
I’ve been reading Dr. Gabor Maté’s book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts lately. It’s so wonderfully chewy, full of satisfying personal stories and neuropsychology. Dr. Maté has an amazing ability to...
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Do babies (or mothers) prefer nursing on the left?
When I was nursing my babies, I noticed that both of them preferred to nurse, sleep or cuddle on the left side. I usually preferred holding them on the left too, but I figured that was because I could...
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