Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jul 26, 2009 in
Motherhood
Two years ago, in my one hundred year old house with no air conditioning, I was waddling around nine months pregnant and thankful that the summer’s humid heatwave had broken a bit and we could use the whole-house fan to draw in the cooler air. It was still damp, but not hot.
I had just gotten [...]
Tags: babies, birth story, birthdays
Posted by Barely Knit Together on May 22, 2009 in
Fiber Friday,
Motherhood,
cloth diapering
I have been purging lately. Not the good kind, wherein you lose a lot of weight but still get to enjoy the foods you love. The other, messier kind. The house purge.
We have so much stuff, and I have been so crazy (no, really – like bats in the belfry, toys in the attic, though [...]
Tags: babies, cloth diapering, cloth diapers, Fiber Friday, growing up, mothering, ocd
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jan 12, 2009 in
People Are Idiots
Ugh. I finally found a suitable replacement for MySpace, where some *cough* obsessional *cough* issues with jealousy were seriously cramping my style, and then I hear Facebook keeps deleting photos of breastfeeding women with their babies.
Hunh??
Oh yeah, I forgot. Breasts are the puritanical equivalent of the way HAIR is in some cultures, which I will [...]
Tags: attachment parenting, babies, Breastfeeding, facebook, myspace, nipples
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Oct 15, 2008 in
Motherhood
I am constantly amazed at the things I swear I would never do…that I now do. Thankfully, those things do not include breastfeeding an eight year old, like this woman. Be warned – this one can cause some uneasy feelings, no matter how vigorous a breastfeeding defender you are.
That said, I can almost, almost understand. [...]
Tags: attachment parenting, babies, Breastfeeding, Creative Work, homebirth, la leche league, Motherhood, parenting