Category Archives: just for fun

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Infrequent blogger ‘fesses up

I haven’t blogged much lately because I’ve been busier than a worm in a hopping contest. I have been writing but I’ve been writing something else. The long awaited new Australian homebirth book for children, as it turns out. “Mama’s … Continue reading

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Sunday Snicker

But an obstetrician at Westmead Hospital, Andrew Pesce, said supporting natural birth in more cases would not dramatically reduce the caesarean rate, and would be expensive. In the public system, he said, it was ”a problem to match up the … Continue reading

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Guest post: life learning with our children

Kristin from Joyous Learning writes on home learning with her son for the Natural Parenting blog carnival. You can see more of Kristin’s work, and meet lots of other Natural Learners at the Australian Natural Learners’ forums. Welcome to the … Continue reading

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Birth ur doin it rong

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Gratuitous exhortations of cheeriness

I hope that you remember to sew on a sequin over this weekend of mixed feelings. Tweet

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Architecture nerd alert

The Erasmusbrug (“Erasmus Bridge”) is a cable stayed bridge across the Nieuwe Maas (English: New Meuse) river, linking the northern and southern halves of the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Erasmusbrug was designed by Ben van Berkel and completed in … Continue reading

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Minds to admire.

Friday past, HaT had a section on Claudia Alexander because they’d obviously been watching the same tv show as me and been struck by the same scientist appearing in it too. To whit: I saw this marvelously enthused woman on … Continue reading

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Are you a feminist who parents? You’re needed!

You’re needed in the world but you’re also really needed by the Carnival of Feminist Parenting! It’s so vital that we keep firming the links between the feminisms and all the things women do. If you blog, parent and call … Continue reading

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Rest. Is it even possible?

Welcome to the May Carnival of Natural Parenting: Role model This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have waxed poetic about how … Continue reading

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