Even though we are currently learning the ins & outs of elimination communication with Baby B, we are still using a significant number of cloth diapers every day. We use them to lay under B when we put her down. We usually hold one under her butt just in case we miss a pee, which we do every so often. We use a diaper to wipe up the mess when B pees on the floor. And at the end of the day, when us parents are exhausted and just need …

I came upon the link (thank you Twitter tweeps: @PghMidwife & @AJoyfulMom!) to unschooling teen Dagny Kream’s speech from the N.E. Unschooling Conference of May 2008. So inspiring! I’d recommend reading it pronto.  Here’s the link.

It’s a girl!  B was born 9 days ago, at home and in water.  My third child, she was my first waterbirth.  She was also my quickest labor yet, at 3 hours
(compare that to 24 hrs. & 19 hours for my first and second babies)!  B was also my first baby to come out without a compound presentation, so I guess that might explain something.
These last nine days have been a whirlwind.  B nursed almost 24/7 for the first two days.  Then, when my milk came in and suddenly swelled …

If you haven’t read John Taylor Gatto’s The 7-Lesson Schoolteacher, do so now. It’s available to read online at the link above.
Gatto is a former 3-time New York City Teacher of the Year.  If you are intrigued by the above link, go out and buy Dumbing Us Down. The 7-Lesson Schoolteacher is a chapter from that book.

I realized the other day that we’ve been in Costa Rica for almost 2.5 months now, and I really haven’t blogged all that much about our experiences so far.  I do think that I’m still adjusting to our move, and all is not totally roses for me.  But much of that I can attribute to the fact that I’ve had a miserable last month or two of pregnancy.  I’ve been physically very tired, and sometimes uncomfortable or in pain.  So considering the fact that I’ve not been able to be …