Me? Attached?

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In case it’s not already completely obvious I’m one of those kooky AP moms. As in Attachment Parenting. Co-sleeping, breastfeeding, responding to their cries, using the sling when they want to be carried, etc… It’s not something I had planned, not even something I had heard of until I was already a mom. I just followed my gut, did what felt right to me, and made more than a few mistakes along the way. But I’ve learned, gained confidence, and became (in the process of becoming, really) the type of mom I want to be. A big part of that is because of attachment parenting.

Because of my own ideas and parenting philosophy I wanted to share this announcement for other AP moms out there.

Attachment Parenting International (API), a non-profit organization that promotes parenting practices that create strong, healthy emotional bonds between children and their parents, has several exciting changes they would like to announce, including:

• A newly redesigned web site and new logo at Attachment Parenting.org;
• Attachment parenting worldwide support forums;
• Parent Education Program - a comprehensive series of classes for every stage and age of child development from infancy through adulthood;
• A new book based on API’s Eight Principles of Attachment Parenting by API co-founders Lysa Parker and Barbara Nicholson which is expected to be available this summer;
• A series of podcasts, webinars, chats, and forums with API Advisory Board members and other supporters of AP. Future events are scheduled with Dr. Bob Sears, Dr. James McKenna, and Kathleen Kendall Tacket. Check out the events page for more information.

These are just a few of many exciting things going on at API. I hope you’ll stop by and check it out for yourself.

[tags]parenting, attachment parenting[/tags]

Tags: attachment parenting, parenting

Stuff I Want To Win

I’ve been a little contest crazy lately, entering a bunch in hopes that I win. I’ve been so in a “gotta win something” fit this weekend that I’ve actually entered some really dumb contests. I’m not telling you what, but trust me they were things I have no reason to want at all. (First, before checking out the goodies, go read this post about API!)

To try and sooth myself after the “gimmie” weekend I’m sharing my favorite contests here. Go, enter, and if you win I want 10%.

I love this bag. I love it, love it, love it. It’s a Zosephine Diaper Bag, but this messenger style bag can be used for anything. Even a laptop.

For eco-moms The Greening Book is perfect. It’s full of little tips for teaching kids how to be little tree huggers.

We have a sizable Hispanic population here, so I try to teach Evan a few words in Spanish. Unfortunately my 4 years of it in high school left me with nothing. So I signed up for this Boca Beth Bilingual Backpack.

The boys stay up late every night, Dearest doesn’t come to bed until the sun rises, and I’m usually up late working. This is definitely a house of night owls. That’s why I love this contest to win “House Of Owls” by J. Austin Ryan.

I love to be pampered, so I am in love with these Premium Natural Body Care baskets. There are three being given away, go win one.

OK, I feel better now that I’m not hording all the goodies to myself.

[tags]contests, giveaways[/tags]

Tags: contests, giveaways

Can I Get A Little Support Here?

So what do we mommy bloggers do when not blogging? Show off our underwear drawers of course!

Erin (Queen Of Spain) made a little video complaining about the state of affairs in her pantie drawer. Not to be out done I grabbed the camera and made a quick video post on what I call my bras. Oh sure, they were bras once, now they’re just a pile of rags. Don’t believe me? See for yourself.

Weekly Round Up

What do you think, make this a weekly thing? Share a few of the posts I’ve written each week, or is this totally boring? Or does no one even read these posts to know the question? Hmmm…

Quick reminder, on Monday I’ll be hosting Unschooling Voices #14 right here. You have until Sunday to get your post in for it. You can either submit your post using the submission form or email me your post. The post can be anything unschooly or answer the monthly question “What unexpected benefit have you gained from unschooling?”

Now on to the round up!

• On Monday at Type A Mom I shared a simple way to make a kite using a paper bag and string. Perfect for little kids and windy days.
• At Mom Is Teaching I ranted a little about bullies in school and out. At the bottom is a link to a great conversation about this at one of my favorite sites.
• Over at the Creative Mom Cafe I shared a list of links for sewing your own picnic supplies. The best is that everything is low cost and affordable.
• I shared my thoughts on Cry It Out and the possible dangers at The Attached Mother.

And that’s it for me this week. I really like putting together a list of my posts from around the web, but I’d hate to bore people more than I already do.

	Should the weekly round up stay or go?
	Get rid of it, you post enough already.
	Get rid of it, if I wanted to read other posts I would go there instead.
	Keep it, it’s fun to see what you’re writing.
	Keep it, it’s your blog do what you like.
	No opinion either way.
	No opinion either way.
free polls

[tags]blogging[/tags]

Tags: blogging