To wash or to waste? Nappies are as emotive as any parenting subject and most parents feel guilty whatever they do. To dispose or to wash, to fear landfill or to fear extra washing. For me, it was an environmental and financial issue - what else could it be? There are ups and downs but overall ...
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Birth by Tina Cassidy
The surprising history of how we are born Tina Cassidy is an American journalist who was inspired by the birth of her own children to research the history of maternity care. She talked to her own grandmother and mother and realised that there were so many differences between their births ...
Mother, not Mozart makes baby more intelligent
Foetal Origins in Time Magazine 'How the first nine months shape the rest of your life'. What could be a better indicator than the arrival of the science of foetal origins on the mainstream stage than a leading article in Time Magazine, published in October 2010? For those that have been working in this field for some ...
Parental Landmarks
The first hair cut It is the small landmarks that most take me by surprise! Wee man (rising 2) has been a mass of blond baby curls which I loved and had let grow almost to his shoulders. Everyone comments on his near-white halo, mainly because it is regularly a birds nest since the curls are hidden ...
About HypnoBirthing: a presentation
HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method A fellow HypnoBirthing instructor in America has made an excellent presentation which you can watch on You Tube. This explains clearly what HypnoBirthing is, how it works and who can benefit from it. We are all used to taking in information through visual media these days so while you are having ...