On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:40:26 -0600, Janice Reynolds
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> Here's a positive story - the trend toward more natural parenting, including breastfeeding
>
> For many new parents, it's back to basics
> Asheville, NC
> http://www.citizen-times.com/cache/article/wnchealth/69687.shtml?refresh=1
>

good stuff.  :-)

one line in there brought to mind something a neighbor said at a
neighborhood party- forgive me if I already mentioned this :-O-   The
mom said that when she picked her daughter up from daycare, the
daughter was having a great time- singing, dancing, etc.   Mom went on
to say, "she's so much better off there than at home with me.  I could
never *entertain* her that well at home."   That attitude concerns me
since I know families in which the kids are so accustomed to being
"entertained" that they are at a loss when they have to rely on their
own resources to keep busy- they need TV, a mom or some other
entertainment to pass the time.   I'd much rather see Benno tear apart
the kitchen, rearranging it, than have to rely on me to keep busy.

It's great when parents "get it" though, isn't it?  I recently
encountered Ursula's preschool teacher- Dirk thought Ursula would
benefit from preschool so she went 2/week in the morning, IIRC, at a
preschool just down the street from us.  Ursula loved Diane, who was
pregnant with her first baby when Ursula left that school- and of
course I worried that Diane would rush back to work and be hands-off
with her own baby.  (I worry about that with everyone, I think...)  I
was thrilled to hear that Diane didn't go back, is a SAH mom who
homeschools and knits.     When parents give their baby a chance to
get fully into their hearts, amazing things happen, don't they?    (I
was flattered too, that Diane remembered everything about dear
Ursula.)
--
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Kate, http://systems.cs.colorado.edu/~kolina/advantages-of-formula.html
  Mom to Ursula (9.7), Sage (7), Benno (3)   "It's unfortunate that in
our poorly educated country,    Kerry's very intelligence and refusal
to adopt simplistic slogans might doom his presidential election
efforts."  ~Charley Reese

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