A reader asks the NPN mentors how to handle eating issues with her nine month old.  Read More…

2 Comments | Posted in Ask an NP Mentor, Breastfeeding, Feeding With Love, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Starting Solids

How to feed your baby is one of the biggest decisions that new parents face. For us, the decision was initially simple: breastfeed, breastfeed, breastfeed. After the initial difficulties, I am proud to say that I have not only been able to exclusively feed my son this way, but I also enjoy it tremendously. Judging from the huge smiles that …  Read More…

11 Comments | Posted in Breastfeeding, Feeding With Love, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Starting Solids

Win a Handmade Reversible Drool Proof Bib by Little Miss Kate Designs from Becoming Crunchy and Natural Parents Network. Contest ends July 10 and is open to US and Canadian Mailing Addresses.  Read More…

50 Comments | Posted in Feeding With Love, Natural Parenting Products, Reviews and Giveaways, Starting Solids

This week we asked: What does food exploration look like? Read more about feeding with love and respect and natural learning on our resource page, and enjoy this week’s articles on the theme. Link up!  Read More…

13 Comments | Posted in Feeding With Love, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Natural Learning, Starting Solids, Wordless Wednesday

An NPN reader asks our natural parenting mentors: My 26 month old son has become very picky in what he eats. He used to be pretty good about eating whatever we ate for dinner, but now all he really wants is cereal. He loved fruit, but now he won’t eat some of his favorites. I know toddlers’ tastes can change, …  Read More…

5 Comments | Posted in Ask an NP Mentor, Feeding With Love, Gentle Discipline, Responding With Sensitivity, Starting Solids

With three young kids who each have strong preferences about food, meal and snack time can sometimes stress me out! Trying to find something easy but healthy that all the kids will eat becomes a challenge; I want there to be at least a few foods each child likes, but I also don’t want to become a short-order cook, creating different meals to …  Read More…

19 Comments | Posted in Feeding With Love, General, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Starting Solids

This week we asked: What does healthy eating look like? (Read more about Feeding With Love and Respect and Healthy Living on our resource pages, and enjoy this week’s articles on the theme.) Do you have a Wordless Wednesday post? Please link up below!  Read More…

13 Comments | Posted in Breastfeeding, Ecological Responsibility, Feeding With Love, Green Living, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Love of Nature, Starting Solids, Wordless Wednesday

This week we’re talking about parenting philosophies at Natural Parents Network. For Wordless Wednesday, we asked: What does your natural parenting philosophy look like? If you have a Wordless Wednesday post, please link up below!  Read More…

11 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Babywearing, Breastfeeding, Continuum Parenting, Cosleeping, Feeding With Love, Natural Learning, Nurturing Touch, Parenting Philosophies, Safe Sleep, Starting Solids, Wordless Wednesday

If we want our children to love food in a way that’s healthy, in a way that truly nourishes body, mind and soul, we have to pull ourselves out of the excitement for long enough to look at how and what we are feeding them.  Read More…

7 Comments | Posted in Breastfeeding Past Infancy, Feeding With Love, Healthy Living, Starting Solids

When did your little one show an interest in starting solids? Did you do baby-led weaning? What were your little one’s favorite foods?  Read More…

16 Comments | Posted in Feeding With Love, Starting Solids, Wordless Wednesday