Author Archives: Lauren Wayne
About The Author: Lauren Wayne
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Lauren Wayne is a co-founder of Natural Parents Network. She works and writes at home with her husband, Crackerdog Sam, and their sons, Mikko and Alrik. Lauren blogs about natural and attachment parenting at Hobo Mama, offers reviews and giveaways of natural parenting products at Hobo Mama Reviews, and gives a behind-the scenes look at blogging and writing at LaurenWayne.com. Lauren co-hosts the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting and is the author of Poetry of a Hobo Mama: The First Three Years and What Will We Learn Today? You can find Lauren on Twitter, Facebook, her Google+ profile, her Google+ page, and Pinterest.
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Become a More Playful Parent
Find out more about the Mindful Play eBundle: 9 e-resources to inspire creativity and play in your family. This collection is available only until October 3. MORE
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Beyond Discipline: A Chat With Dr. Laura of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids
We were so happy to host a live chat this past week with Dr. Laura Markham, author of Aha Parenting and Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting. If you missed the chat, you can listen to it here. MORE
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Making the Switch to Reusable Menstrual Products
Considering the switch from disposable pads and tampons? Here’s a rundown of what else is available — from cups to cloth pads to sea sponge tampons — and how well they work. MORE
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Parenting While Owning a Home Business
Lauren lays out the pros and cons of working from home while raising a family. MORE
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Unschooling preschool
Try these fun ideas for doing preschool at home without a curriculum. MORE
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Babywearing in Hot Weather
Summer means beating the heat by wearing sandals and short sleeves and sunglasses and … a baby? With a little babywearing adjustment, you and your babe-in-arms should be able to breeze through the dog days with sunny smiles. MORE
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Vinegar and water for simple housecleaning
When water or dish soap isn’t enough for your cleaning needs, mix a cheap and easy blend of ordinary vinegar and water in a spray bottle, and enjoy frugal, environmentally friendly, and kid-safe scrubbing of most hard surfaces. MORE
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Side-Lying Nursing: A Breastfeeding Tutorial
I want to put a tutorial out there for how to breastfeed lying down, because it makes such a significant difference to how enjoyable cosleeping and breastfeeding will be for most mamas. If you want to get the best sleep, I highly recommend learning side-lying nursing early on! MORE
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How to Cosleep Safely
I decided to do a little presentation in pictures of exactly how we cosleep safely, and have since Mikko was born three years ago. MORE
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Birthing Without a Stopwatch
I would obsessively check my timing as I ran, wondering, “Can I stop yet? Can I? Only halfway! No. I thought I was much further along. Drat.” And during the cool-off walks, I’d be thinking, “Surely I can walk for longer, yes? Oh, shoot, I’m already over my time!” Today I was thinking how this relates to birth. Bear with me here. MORE