Progressive Parenting

TIME Magazine Has People Talking About Attachment Parenting & Breastfeeding! This is the TIME Magazine cover and article that sparked conversations everywhere as to what is normal when it comes to Breastfeeding. Even more ,it has people talking about Attachment Parenting! I couldn’t be happier, since there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Some of [...]

Why not just say, “Good luck with that.”? Receiving formula from your pediatrician “just in case”,is like getting the card to a good divorce lawyer from the person who married you and your spouse to each other. Imagine… The Pastor, Priest, Universal Life ChurchPriestess that married you and your beloved says: According to new study [...]

I Can Leave My Baby For a Little While, Right? Yes, you can leave your breastfeeding baby with your (consistent, whole other topic here) care provider for a little while, sure. In fact it’s good for you to get some you time. But how long is too long? Babies have no concept of time and what [...]

The Truth and Controversy My guests on Sunday night’s show(LACTATION NATION) are Dr. Darcia Narvaez  Ph.D. and Stephanie Sieswerda. Recently Dr. Narvaez has been in the spotlight due to an article she wrote and a video that one of her students made: A lot of ire has been directed at her because of her articles and views. [...]

  -Abraham Lincoln   The Other Baby Book guides new and expecting mamas on a journey past “shoulds” and “musts,” back to the heart of true joy and connection. Massaro and Katz throw off the shackles of profit-driven companies and popular yet potentially harmful baby-rearing practices, and offer moms simple but profound ways to support the [...]

Breastfeeding is enhanced and the nursing couple sustained by the loving support, help and companionship of the baby’s father. A father’s unique relationship with his baby is  an important element in the child’s development from early infancy. -La Leche League International An Eye Opening Meeting Last fall I had the rare opportunity to sit down with Patrick [...]

I just came home after four days in Georgia. I was there for the State wide nurse-in. Saturday night I landed in Atlanta and was greeted by Nirvana Jennette. The first time I spoke to her was just before  she came on Progressive Parenting Radio to tell her story regarding her church and how they [...]

It seems breastfeeding has come under fire and the whole of the female body as it were. I feel sometimes as if I am living in some crazy parallel universe. You know, when you were a kid and you’d watched the Justice League and there was a Good Superman and a bad Superman? I feel [...]