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Attachment Parenting: An Introduction

An edited version of this paper was published in the Courier Mail, Brisbane as "Don’t be fooled by the manual", 17/6/98.

This version updated May 2005 and features in Sarah’s book, Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: The wisdom and science of gentle choices in pregnancy, birth, and parenting.

The day you bring your baby home from hospital is momentous. She’s fallen asleep in the car, and you carry her into the nursery. It’s freshly painted with a beautiful new bassinet...more

Getting a Good Night’s Sleep: Another Perspective

This paper was first published in Playtimes, the magazine of the Playgroup Association of Queensland, May 2002; also published in Natural Parenting, No. 2, Autumn 2003 .

An expanded version (twice as long) with more about controlled crying, and gentle approaches to sleep, is published in Sarah’s upcoming book, Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: The wisdom and science of gentle choices in pregnancy, birth, and parenting.

As a GP [family physician], writer and current full-time mother of four, I have many concerns...more

Cloth Diapering: Easy as 1-2-3!

Cloth diapering has evolved over the past couple decades and has emerged as an easy, economical, ecological way to diaper our babies. The biggest change being the easy part, but they are truly that, easy. Although the older style of flat diapers are still available for those who prefer them, a whole new breed of easy to use diapers are now on the market as well. There’s AIO’s (All-in-ones), fitted, and my personal favorite, pocket diapers, among many others...more

Changing Ourselves, Changing Others

"It's So Easy Being Green" Blog

A couple of years ago my sister told me that she had started using a cup to catch her menstrual flow, which at the time seemed like the most crunchy granola thing I’d ever heard. I had never given much thought to what might be wrong with tampons or pads, and I definitely didn’t know there was an alternative. Two years later, I’m a huge proponent of The Diva Cup and all things Lunapads. Why the change?...more

Newborn Babies and Sleep

By Elizabeth Pantley, author of "The No-Cry Sleep Solution"

Congratulations on the birth of your new baby. This is a glorious time in your life – and a sleepless time too. Newborns have very different sleep needs than older babies. This article will help you understand your baby’s developing sleep patterns, and will help you have reasonable expectations for sleep. more