Having a premature baby can bring on many unexpected emotions for parents, but working through those emotions can bring about a wonderful bonding experience.  Read More…

13 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Birth, Consistent Care, Holistic Health, Nurturing Touch, Parenting Philosophies, Preparing for Parenting, Responding With Sensitivity, Special Needs

Many of us parents are adept at noticing and accepting strong negative emotions in our children, but we forget it’s normal for us to feel them as well and to give ourselves grace to work through them.  Read More…

14 Comments | Posted in Balance, Consistent Care, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity

My kids haven’t always had the best table manners and for many years I was okay with that. I didn’t want to force my two year old to sit through a long family dinner, and I didn’t want to make my three year old eat all the food on her plate. I was fine if my four year old wanted to stand and wiggle around between bites, and I was okay with my six year old forgetting to clear her plate. But now that my two daughters are 4 1/2 and 7, my leniency over the years is starting to show.  Read More…

3 Comments | Posted in Cleaning and Organizing, Consistent Care, Gentle Discipline, Homeschooling, Natural Learning, Practical Home Help, Routines and Schedules

Both asking for and then dealing with help caring for my daughter have been spiritual lessons. As an attachment parent, sharing her care has taught me a great deal about parenting and about myself.  Read More…

3 Comments | Posted in Alternative Caregivers, Attachment Parenting, Balance, Consensual Living, Consistent Care, Equally Shared Parenting, Family Structure, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity, Work and Family

Our NPN mentors gave an expectant mother some tips and advice about breastfeeding and going back towork.  Read More…

2 Comments | Posted in Alternative Caregivers, Ask an NP Mentor, Balance, Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Alternatives, Consistent Care, Feeding With Love, Work and Family

Guest writer Nada at miniMOMist shares her family’s experience of easing her daughter’s transition to nap time, both at home and with an “Attachment Caregiver” at daycare.  Read More…

2 Comments | Posted in Alternative Caregivers, Attachment Parenting, Balance, Consistent Care, Parenting Philosophies, Work and Family

This week we asked you to share your alternative caregivers. Read more about providing consistent and loving care in this week’s articles. Link up!  Read More…

11 Comments | Posted in Alternative Caregivers, Consistent Care, Wordless Wednesday

If you’ve experienced a renewed bout of separation anxiety with your preschooler, you probably understand how frustrating it can be to address. We recently went through this with our own (then) three year old, and I’d like to share some ideas that friends offered on how to gently respond.  Read More…

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A peak inside Gretchen’s journey towards peaceful nap times with her young daughter.  Read More…

12 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Balance, Consistent Care, Cosleeping, Parenting Philosophies, Routines and Schedules, Safe Sleep, Work and Family

A reader asks our NPN mentors about a five-year-old’s nighttime bedwetting.  Read More…

1 Comment | Posted in Ask an NP Mentor, Nighttime Parenting, Routines and Schedules