If You’re Going to Buy One Parenting Book This Year, Make It This One
Dr. Laura Markham is a regular contributor to The Natural Parent Magazine, and her work has helped countless parents around the world in transitioning…
February, 2018
My baby is awesome! She wakes often and feeds most of the night
By Sofie Thomson “Is she good?” This was something I got asked time and time again, as a new mother. Strangers, friends and family…
Motherhood and the Female Body Uncensored: Winners of the Birth Becomes Her Photography Competition
By Hannah Schenker Isn’t it wonderful to see more and more birth photography emerging and being widely shared? This is motherhood and the female…
Facing Your Own Death: A Key On The Path To Truly Living
By Sally Saint PASSING OF TIME I looked at my son today as he woke, his eyes sleepy in that daybreak way, the light…
Easy ways to teach kids about emotions in daily life
By Dr Laura Markham Anthropologists say that Inuits, whose world is full of snow, have at least 50 words for variations of snow. Inuit…
Montessori Explained
By Ana Pickering The Montessori movement began almost 100 years ago in the slums of Rome, Italy. Dr Maria Montessori graduated in 1896 as…
Why Mothers Are Queens
By Kimberley Newing A milestone happened in our house this week. I breastfed for the last time. EVER. Our 17 month old weaned and…
But What About…SOCIALISING Them?
By Leah McDermott So often I get asked some form of this question: “I love the IDEA of homeschooling, but my biggest fear is…
Give Your Baby the Safest Start: Reduce Your Family’s Chemical Load – Part 2
By Thinkwise. Read Part 1 HERE. We have been talking about 10 ways you can reduce your family’s chemical load. In this article we…
10 Reasons I’m Jealous of my Husband, From a SAHM
By Jennifer Congdon Stay-At-Home Mums (SAHMs) love our jobs, don’t get me wrong. I’m sure our husbands are jealous of us, too and the…
Sleep-Deprived Mama, I Feel Ya
By Alla Zaykova Many of us gentle mamas of non-sleepers have learned to suffer in silence. We’ve learned to bite our tongues rather than…
10 Simple Tips for Visiting a Mama and her Newborn
By Hannah Schenker You get the news and you’re squealing – your friend had a baby and you are more than ready to inhale…
How to Get The Kids Out the Door On Time and Still Feel Connected
By Rachel Schofield How hard we all work to get our kids out the door on time! I think just about every parent I’ve…
Nasturtium Pesto
By Loveday Why After a long beach walk reunion with a friend from Melbourne, we are about to dive into this delicious nasturtium pesto….
Incredible Photos Capture Mum Giving Birth in Hospital Hallway
By Hannah Schenker Ahhh…the best laid plans, and all that! Birth is one of those things in life that you can plan out in…
The Volcano Effect: Why Skipping a Nap Results in Meltdown
By Elizabeth Pantley From the moment your child wakes in the morning he is slowly using up the benefits of the previous night’s sleep….
The Closing of our “Milky Journey”
By Marta Willis We create a truly special bond with our little ones who choose us as their parents on Earthside and one path….
Make The Switch: Reusable Menstrual Products and Breast Pads
By Hannah Schenker When I started my period, the mainstream and accepted ways of dealing with it were disposable tampons and pads from well-known…
Raising Gratitude
By Bonnie Harris So many parents complain, especially at holiday and birthday time, how ungrateful their children are. It’s hard to put in all…
Permissive Parenting is not Gentle Parenting
By Megan Stonelake What assumptions are conjured up by phrases like “gentle parenting” and “empathic parenting?” It’s possible that you think of parents who…