I Dream of a World…
Where human milk is available for free for all those rare circumstances when a baby might need it, and for as long as the baby needs it.
Where there are comfortable benches anywhere a breastfeeding mother might need one – in the supermarket, at the pharmacy, on the sidewalk. Not just at the playground.
Where, when people see a woman bottle feeding a baby, they assume it must be a babysitter, or perhaps a mother with a severe medical conditions that prevented her from breastfeeding (very rare), not …

I’ve been noticing how M, now 7, has become more and more social as time has gone on.  Socialization is, of course, one of the hot button issues when it comes to learning outside of school.  Why people think learning to be social with 30 other kids who are also learning to be social makes sense – especially when the main lessons are to sit down, be quiet and do what you’re told – is beyond me.  (If recess were 6 hours long, I could see school as a place …

Arp recently retweeted a quote on Twitter that we both think describes our current situation.  “Being uncomfortable prompts us to change, to move into our next expression. (via @JaqStone)”
We’ve been a  bit uncomfortable, in little or bigger ways, since we arrived in Costa Rica. And while we still love many parts of this country, we think it just might be time to move on.

I don’t know what’s up with Baby B, but it is seriously exhausting me. She nursed literally all night long, with only two brief episodes of fitful sleep. I hardly slept at all.
While I enjoy co-sleeping, I’m not one of the lucky ones that is generally able to fall right back asleep while still breastfeeding. I’m usually pretty much awake while nursing B, then I usually detach her and put her back in the center of the bed before I fall back asleep myself. For me, sleep doesn’t come easily …

I was thinking about the drinking and driving issue because it came up recently on an unschooling Yahoo group that I read.  Various unschooling parents were talking about how they dealt with drugs & alcohol with their kids. Many had made sure that they told their kids that they would always be happy to pick their kids up, day or night, if they needed a safe ride home or were too drunk to drive, no judgements. No questions asked. Thing is, I believe them.
When I was a teen, there was …