Extreme Parenting or Extraordinary Parents?
December 19th, 2006Natural Family Online was “turned on” to a video making its rounds on Attachment Parenting.
Infants in car seats may not get enough oxygen
December 13th, 2006There’s no doubt that infant car seats, when used as intended, are life-savers. But according to a brief report in the British Medical Journal, leaving an infant sleeping unattended in those car seats can be life-threatening. Read the rest of this entry »
$3 Million Dollars in Gowns Stolen from Brides Against Breast Cancer
December 12th, 2006The following is a press release from http://www.makingmemories.org/
Los Angeles, CA - Sunday, November 5, 2006
Over $3 Million dollars worth of wedding dresses en route to a charity event in Los Angeles were stolen Sunday morning just days before the event opens to the public. Some time between 7:30 am and 8:30 am, the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation’s truck and 40′ white cargo trailer filled with over $3 million dollars worth of new and gently worn wedding dresses was stolen from a Phoenix, AZ hotel parking lot as it was en route to the final event of the year to be held in Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »
3-Year-Old Killed: How To Prevent Your Own Booster/Seatbelt Tragedy
December 11th, 2006Christine Miller, a Texas mom who lost her 3-year-old son, Kyle, in a fatal accident, has posted a video tribute online. More than the tribute, she carries a message about car accidents and the role of her child’s booster seat and car seatbelt in his death. (Kyle’s sister, restrained in the same type of booster was saved while Kyle was killed due to the seatbelt’s failure.) Read the rest of this entry »
Reverse VBAC Bans
November 13th, 2006Barbara Stratton has been working hard to find a way to reverse VBAC bans both in her own state of Maryland as well as nationwide. VBAC bans are put in place when a hospital doesn’t have the staffing/facilities to meet recommendations that protect their liability — recommendations that many health care providers deem too strict and that deny thousands upon thousands of women a chance to have normal vaginal births after cesareans.
Barbara’s letter below explains how you can help reverse VBAC bans at hospitals near you. Read the rest of this entry »
Word Up
November 13th, 2006WordPress blogware is taking over my life.
It’s a good thing, really. Natural Family Online has been on a daily format using WordPress for what would previously have been several monthly issues now. (NFO Publisher) Gina (Ritter) and I are still plugging away adding features and moving the hundreds and hundreds of archived articles from the “old” NFO site on a daily basis.
Then there’s the blog … Read the rest of this entry »
Shake Your Booties
November 13th, 2006Remember when soft-soled baby shoes were considered oh-so-granola? Robeez are all the rage now (along with their new line of coordinating baby clothing) — you can even spy pink Flower Robeez on the pages of a Pottery Barn catalog! Read the rest of this entry »
Welcome to the NFO Blog
November 12th, 2006If you love to read about natural parenting and family life, you’ll want to peek behind the curtain at the Natural Family Online blog, where the editors of Natural Family Online magazine share glimpses into the world of an online webmag for green families.
We’ll offer sneak peeks and the inside track on things that haven’t yet made it into print, notes on cool new parenting discoveries (as well as stuff that’s not so cool), our thoughts on green living and whole family issues, neat tips and tricks we’ve come across and more. Our editors will also share their thoughts on their lives as writers and mothers, and we’ll celebrate and support one another’s personal and professional challenges and joys.
Of course, you can share your thoughts, too! Please feel free to post your comments and let us know what you think about our discussions. Please do keep comments relevant and respectful; we’ll remove those that aren’t.
See you on the blog!