Living Simply... Parenting by Instinct

The Ramifications of Raising A Daughter

regressingsahmama — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:23:16 +0000

I’ve been thinking about what it means to raise a daughter vs a son. I mean all my activism on the fronts of birth, pregnancy, breast feeding, and parenting takes on a whole new aspect. I realize changing societal views will affect my sons too but I’m not sure it’s necessarily valid but it feels [...]

Musings

regressingsahmama — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:08:53 +0000

So I’ve been musing about my latest birth and I’ve concluded that except for a very few small details I had a close to undisturbed birth as is possible in the hospital culture. I was left alone for long periods at a stretch I ate showered and laboured as I wished with just my husband [...]

Shay’s Birth Story

regressingsahmama — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:53:41 +0000

Shay’s birth was NOT all that I envisioned. It lacked a few things that I feel would have made it better for both of us but as a favourite blogger of mine recently wrote we should stop saying “it was a beautiful birth… BUT…” I love her analogy to a painting. If your painting is [...]

Random Musings

regressingsahmama — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:26:16 +0000

I am approaching 36 weeks of pregnancy and I’m beginning to get restless. I am longing for the end but I’m strangely dreading it too. It’s not the birth, I feel more prepared and confident for that then for anything I’ve ever done. This baby just seems to tell me that for him or her, [...]

Beginning to home school?

regressingsahmama — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:16:00 +0000

Everyone I know in town is asking me if we’re “going to start” home schooling Austin next year. Most of these conversations are very casual and way too brief to really get into the idea of unschooling and the concept of aiding vs “teaching” so I’m kinda at a loss as to how broach the [...]