Chorus of Compassion: Pain as a Messenger
By Jessica Rios As I laid in bed yesterday, the left side of my head ripping apart from the inside with constant pressing pain,…
March, 2017
Why Choose Merino When It Comes To Your Kids
By Hannah Schenker I have memories from childhood of being bundled up into thick, scratchy jumpers hand-knitted by my grandma or my mother, before…
Social media: it feels like we know more, but do we actually know less?
By Lauren Keenan It often feels like I know much more about other people since the advent of social media. I know what some…
Artist Celebrates Motherhood by Drawing Pictures of Herself with Her Daughter
By Hannah Schenker Artist and mother Sora Ceballos celebrates motherhood by drawing herself with her daughter in a series of beautiful, colourful drawings using watercolours and…
How to update your mumstyle for the new season
Autumn is on its way! We are starting to feel that tell-tale crispness in the air and know that the time change our wardrobe…
Little Girl Talking To Her Mama In The Bathroom Is Too Cute
By Hannah Schenker Does your little one follow you to the bathroom? Can’t get even a few minutes in there by yourself? This video…
Organic Bread, The Staff of life for Healthy Food
Supplied by Purebread, NZ’s first BioGro Certified, Organic bread and bakery. Read to the end to find a recipe to make your own bread at…
Experience a real house fire through 360 video & virtual reality
Submitted by The New Zealand Fire Service The New Zealand Fire Service calls on all members of the public to try, “Escape My House”,…
The science behind picky eaters
By Dr Vanessa Ingraham, ND Every parent knows that children love lollies, cookies and sweet drinks. But don’t be too hard on them; it’s all…
Answering the Question: Birth Photography – Gruesome or Awesome?
By Emily Holdaway Early on in my pregnancy I came across an interesting article on one of the news sites I often frequented: Birth Photography…
Managing Eczema Through Changing Seasons: The Winter Itch
By Hannah Schenker The seasons are changing. Here in the Southern Hemisphere the heat and humidity of summer are making way for the cooler…
To Raise Brave Girls, Encourage Adventure – a TED Talk by Caroline Paul
By Hannah Schenker Filmed at TEDWomen 2016, this talk by Caroline Paul explores the idea of bravery among girls. How to raise girls to…
Why going to a developing country was the hardest and best thing for my parenting
By Jessica Kumar I have written before about my husband’s Indian heritage. He is from a traditional Hindu farming village in the north of…
Mama Snaps Daughter in Extravagant Disney Cosplay
By Hannah Schenker While you might prefer to avoid Disney altogether, for many children Disney movies and characters are a big part of their…
Addressing five common misconceptions about doulas
Supplied by Birth For Humankind As an organisation with a dedicated team of volunteer doulas – we have heard it all: doulas are this,…
Breastfeeding Tattoos: Would You?
By Hannah Schenker So you are all for breastfeeding. You wholeheartedly support women to breastfeed and think the rest of the world should too….
What We Tell Our Daughters About Body Hair
By Lauren Apfel I learned to deal with unwanted body hair at my mother’s knee. I am dark and she is dark and this…
Bodypainting Behind the Scenes With Pregnant Mama Morgan
Here at The Natural Parent, we are super appreciative of the female form, especially when there’s a wee bubba in there! So of course…
Cartoonist Captures What it’s Really Like to be Pregnant
By Hannah Schenker Cartoonist Line Severinsen from Norway has been creating cartoons since she was a child, but when she became pregnant with her…
Lead-Free Is The Way To Be
By Lisa Cheaney-Hogan Ever heard of lead? How about lead poisoning? You might be interested to know that although the skin is an excellent…