The trust of our children is of great value to us: our attention, respect, restraint, patience, and endless work on ourselves and our relationships – here is the whole book in one sentence, and at the same time, the painful truth. None of ephemeral absolute love is enough to remain a shelter for a child…
It just happened that I’m kind of surrounded myself with moms of the peers of my Newcomer, so it’s a little funny when everyone suddenly starts making drama around the same topic, and at the same time it’s a confirmation that the phenomenon actually takes place. Two is а diagnosis first transition age. Though, this…
I once tried to make a list of parenting books, but that time it was made on the basis of recommendations found in the Web, and now it’s very, very funny to me. But let’s leave it for the history and overall picture. Today is the time for a second try, and this time most…
A baby needs boundaries. They need someone who can stand them and not break. Alla Slotvinska “Playing Together or How to Cope with Child’s I-do-not-wants” I’ve read a lot of parenting books. Now it’s rather a sport than a research. However, I am still looking for a brilliant, and with no doubt have some useful…
I certainly understand the need for answers. The first child is like a sip of a heady drink, half mixed with happiness and fear, and drenched with a bucket of changes no one warned about. — John Medina, Brain Rules for Baby The first experience of parenthood is both joy and challenge. John Medina’s Brain…
What if diapers are more of an evil — something someone, as always, profits from? A child gets used to relieving themselves into a diaper, and then we end up having to break their psyche to teach them to use the potty. What if we could instead learn to recognize our baby’s signals about needing…
…I started to like forgetting what I was taught in childhood. Jean Liedloff Jean Liedloff’s bold book The Continuum Concept offers a new perspective on evolution, progress, and natural parenting. Well, not so new—the book was written in the 1970s—but as always, the world needs a hundred years to accept or even become acquainted with…
In today’s world, where disposable diapers have become nearly synonymous with infant care, the idea of raising a child without them may seem radical or even uncomfortable. But in fact, the method of natural hygiene, also known as elimination communication (EC), is not something new. It’s an ancient, intuitive practice that humanity has used for…
There can be no more horrible stigma upon civilization than the history of childbirth. Grantly Dick-Read The first book on midwifery Around 1513 the German Eucharius Röslin discovered the hidden works of Soranus and other ancient medical researchers. Around 1515 he wrote the first book on obstetrics, compiling it from carefully selected materials. It was…
Questions of pregnant (prynadiyi) Not sure what about you, but my pregnancy and parenting have caused many questions. No, not only whether it will hurt and the pain can be avoided, but how not to kill the husband, what movie to watch, not to stress, what to eat, where to buy clothes, when you don’t…
