AP parenting

My kids struggle to stay asleep. It's kind of rough going. I've read about sleep. I've tried every strategy possible. People have offered well-meaning advice (nb: don't offer advice). I've done all I can. Seriously, I have. I really don't think ...

Blog entry - diber - 02/18/2009 - 21:58 - 27 comments

Today Marlowe graduated to the back wrap cross . He's getting to be big boy. I'm still pretty new to wrapping, so I didn't feel confident back carrying him when he was younger, though it's entirely possible (see Africa). But he's seems ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/22/2008 - 12:04 - 7 comments

We went to the park this morning, and the breeze was nice. I was worried that today would be really hot, but it wasn't too bad. I met another mom from a local babywearing yahoo group. It's impossible to meetup with these people because it's kind of ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/01/2008 - 20:51 - 1 comment

I keep trying to blog. I've started countless entries that are quickly abandoned in favor of a child who needs me or a brain that is checked out. More time passes and the gap gets bigger. It's really too late now, but here I am anyway. Something ...

Blog entry - diber - 07/15/2008 - 23:32 - 6 comments

[flickr-photo:id=2570228107,size=m] I figured how to wear a wrap. I got several yards of nice lightweight cotton gauze (it is summer, after all) from the fabric store, followed a video from this great website . And Marlowe and I are in business. I ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/12/2008 - 20:25 - 4 comments

Now that I have my little Marlowe on the outside instead of the inside, I've been enjoying wearing him in my pouch sling. I kind of wonder if perhaps he's not such a fan of the pouch as I am, so I may try a wrap, too. It took me awhile to sort through ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/04/2008 - 15:28 - 6 comments

Just kidding. About the hippy part. I went to my first La Leche League meeting today. I won't go into all the reasons it felt great to be there--other than, duh, breastfeeding support. I'm looking forward to nursing another baby. And it was nice to ...

Blog entry - diber - 05/13/2008 - 23:22 - 9 comments

I was trying to explain this to myself earlier today, why we do what we do with respect to some of our parenting choices. I feel like this post by Sally Clarkson really nailed a lot of what I was trying to hash out in my own brain: Not too ...

Blog entry - diber - 05/07/2008 - 22:54 - 3 comments

And there's 10 weeks more. Could I get any bigger? I don't think I'll go all the way to 40 weeks. I really don't. I'm guessing somewhere around 37 or 38. (If I'm totally wrong, do not...I repeat...DO NOT rub it in my face or ...

Blog entry - diber - 03/20/2008 - 20:16 - 17 comments

Just when you think you have two-year-old figured out, he goes wonky on you. Morphs into a new human. There's a hundred little ways he's growing and changing. He wants to do it himself--he gets the juice out the fridge, ...

Blog entry - diber - 03/01/2008 - 09:37 - 11 comments

Some early morning reflections: The Man with the Yellow Hat has got to be loaded. A house in the country? A condo in the city? And a vacation to Hawaii in the winter? We love George. He is a master of Inductive Reasoning. Update on toddler ...

Blog entry - diber - 01/29/2008 - 09:38 - 4 comments