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 …

Some interesting posts up at the November 2009 edition of the Carnival of Unschooled Life. It’s nice to see all the many ways that Unschooling works in different families.
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Take a look at the picture to the left. Really look at it. Can you tell what it is? No, they aren’t pebbles. Try again. Use your imagination. Here’s a hint: I found them this week along the beach at Punta Uva on the Carribbean Coast of Costa Rica. No, they aren’t any kind of shell or sea creature. Not a beach pebble or sand particle either. Give up? They are nurdles.
Nurdles. Such a cute word. Sounds like a pool toy or a board game, perhaps. But they are nothing …

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 …

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 …