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Attachment Parenting Isn’t Martyrdom, It’s About Following Your Instincts

May 15, 2012

I breastfed my son until he was 5 1/2 and have had a wonderful experience with attachment parenting. I never once felt like a martyr. Wanting to be close to my baby and reacting to his needs immediately came naturally. I was following my maternal instinct, and that felt right, and my baby was responding [...]

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Controversial Time Magazine Cover of Breastfeeding Mom

May 11, 2012

Time magazine got everyone talking — and that’s the whole point of the cover photo they chose for their most recent edition. The cover is a photograph of blogger Jamie Lynne Grumet, 26, with her breast exposed and nursing her son, who is almost four years old and standing on a little chair to reach [...]

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Mayim Bialik and Her Must-Read Book “Beyond the Sling” About Gentle Attachment Parenting

March 9, 2012

I rushed off to New York City on Wednesday to meet one of my role models — a fellow extended breastfeeding and attachment parenting advocate: Mayim Bialik (who played Blossom). I’m sure she’s sick of being introduced like that and I have a feeling that the success of her first book that was just released [...]

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Co-Sleeping With the…Pig?

November 27, 2011

I had made myself a note to take Landon to the library yesterday — to meet a pig that encourages kids to read. After a lazy morning at home, off we went to see the pig. Where we in for a surprise! Share

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Co-Sleeping is Safe — When Practiced Responsibly

November 14, 2011

Posting a poster like this is just wrong and misleading: I originally wrote the following post for the New York City Moms blog, which no longer exists. After seeing these horrific posters scaring parents about co-sleeping, I’m reposting it here. Thanks to MckMama for making me aware of these posters! I have written about the [...]

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Green Living and Green Parenting Book Recommendations

October 19, 2011

I received an email from HealthyChild.org, asking me which green living books I recommend. Healthy Child, Healthy Word (HealthyChild.org) is a nonprofit I blog for because I want to support their cause of teaching parents about dangerous toxins. I’m passionate about educating people about how to avoid toxins in their home. Just to name a [...]

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$200 Breastfeeding Supplies and Cloth Diaper Giveaway!

September 29, 2011

Expecting moms, new moms, and already breastfeeding and/or cloth-diapering moms, rejoice! I’m giving away tons of free goodies! The first event I attended at BlogHer this year was the Haute Green party, hosted and organized by the lovely Calley (The EcoChic). I left with so many cloth diapers and other supplies that I decided to [...]

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The Taboo of Talking About Co-Sleeping

August 28, 2011

Co-sleeping, or bed sharing, is in the news again. This short article seems to just want to create controversy — but the blog post by Sara that is mentioned in the embedded news clip is refreshingly honest. Sara is sick of keeping it a secret that her little son sleeps in her bed: Coming Out [...]

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Breastfeeding and Donating Breast Milk at BlogHer ’11

July 31, 2011

No, this isn’t a post about the Nestle Boycott at BlogHer — the biggest blogging conference for women (August 5 and 6 in San Diego). You can read about how I feel about BlogHer taking money from Nestle in my post from last year: Breastfeeding, the Nestle Boycott, and BlogHer 2010. I’m disappointed that they [...]

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Why I’m Proudly Nursing a Preschooler

July 18, 2011

Signing “I love you.” After noticing a tweet about it, I just read Breastfeeding: How long is too long? I asked the same exact question a while ago for this post: The Many Benefits of Extended Breastfeeding. I’m still breastfeeding my son, who is now 4 years and 8 months old, so of course I [...]

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Why Spanking My Child is Not For Me

March 11, 2011

{This post was originally written for the NYC Moms Blog and posted November 01, 2009. This is an updated version.} My son is turning three in a couple of weeks, and the terrible threes have definitely descended upon us. I can’t complain, temper tantrums are rare, but lately he makes dressing him or getting him [...]

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Sleep Apnea or Tonsillectomy, What’s a Mother to Choose?

January 16, 2011

The surgery has been scheduled for February 2. Landon is going to have his tonsils taken out. After months of agonizing about this and trying different things and seeing three different doctors and a holistic practitioner, we don’t really have a choice — his huge, swollen tonsils have to go, and unfortunately that means surgery [...]

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Breastfeeding Expert Shari Criso Answers Your Questions on Her Live Shows on Mondays

November 1, 2010

A few days ago I wrote about why I write Dagmar’s momsense and my desire to be a cheerleader and resource for other moms. Staying with the theme of wanting to help, I’m exited to tell you about a new live show by Shari Criso (CNM, RN, IBCLC). Share

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Blogging Rocks: Moms Helping Moms

October 30, 2010

One of my blogging friends, Yakini who writes The Prissy Mommy Chronicles, e-mailed me today to let me know she mentioned me in her latest blog post — Breastfeeding Updates + THANK YOU to Two Awesome Bloggers. I’m so honored! How sweet was that. I’m so impressed with Yakini, who is a doctor going back [...]

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The Many Benefits of Extended Breastfeeding

October 24, 2010

Or: Stuck in an Airport for 16 Hours With a Sick Child — How Extended Breastfeeding Saved the Day Well, I created quite a stir when I participated in the discussion “Breastfeeding in Public” in McKMama’s BlogFrog community. I mentioned that I’m still breastfeeding an almost 4-year-old. Oh, the shit storm that created! No, not [...]

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Dagmar is a mom, blogger, columnist, editor, and social media consultant. She is the founder of Dagmar's momsense and makes sense of motherhood, attachment parenting, green and frugal living, home decorating, and her love for Twitter (almost 20,000 followers).

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