Parenting
What about our Sons?
Written by Dani Arnold   
In what could be a ground breaking announcement, on Nov 12 Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, announced the release of a new citizenship study guide to help newcomers and Canadians better understand Canada. In a section called "Equality of Women and Men" the guide states, that "barbaric" cultural practices such as female genital mutilation are illegal in Canada.

While the vast majority of Canadians will applaud the fact that the minister and our government are insuring that the fundamental rights of our female children are being protected by federal laws, we need to ask a serious question:

What about our sons?

 
Baby Led Weaning
Written by dani   
Throw out the jars, get rid of the boxes of baby cereals, chuck out the ice cube trays and baby food mills!!!! no more steaming and boiling, mashing and blending, mixing and storing: It's time to sit down to dinner and embrace the art of Baby Led Weaning.

....But you might want to hang onto those bibs for a while longer!

 

Ignoring insurance for mom is risky business
Written by ARA   
(ARA) - In these tough economic times, families may be putting themselves at risk by placing more value on the man of the house. Women are less likely than men to have life insurance, and if they die their families could be thrown into financial chaos.

“Underinsuring the female, whether she is a working or stay-at-home mom makes no more sense than underinsuring the male. There are just too many uninsured couples putting their families at risk,” says Beth Wood, assistant vice president of business and women’s markets at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual).

 
Cosleeping and Biological Imperatives: Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone
Written by James J. McKenna Ph.D.   
Where a baby sleeps is not as simple as current medical discourse and recommendations against co-sleeping in some western societies want it to be. And there is good reason why. I write here to explain why the pediatric recommendations on forms of co-sleeping such as bedsharing will and should remain mixed. I will also address why the majority of new parents practice intermittent bedsharing despite governmental and medical warnings against it.

 

Newborn Babies and Sleep
Written by Elizabeth Pantley   
Congratulations on the birth of your new baby. This is a glorious time in your life. Whether this is your first baby or your fifth, you will find this a time of recovery, adjustment, sleeplessness, sometimes confusion and frustration, but—most wonderfully—of falling in love. Babies younger than four months old have very different sleep needs than older babies. This article will help you understand your newborn baby's developing sleep patterns and will help you develop reasonable expectations when it comes to your baby and sleep.

 
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