Wednesday, 18 August 2010

I am not a natural writer!

Here goes! I am not a natural writer but I am going to try to keep up this blog and share my life and experiences with you all.
I am a stay at home mum to a 3 year old daughter, Mini Me, (because she is like a clone of me in every way,) and an 18 month old son, Monkey Boy, (because he monkeys around, climbs everything, and can often be found clinging to my back.) I am also wife to a workaholic husband, who I met through work 7 years ago and married nearly 4 years ago. We live in a granny annex at my parents house so that I don't have to work and can concentrate on raising the kids.
I believe that as parents we need to adopt a back to basics approach to life - whenever I question a choice I need to make when it comes to the kids I ask myself what would a cavewoman do? What is the natural way, the human way, to deal with this? As a result of this in our house we breastfeed, use cloth nappies, co-sleep, do baby led weaning and, my favorite, babywear. (I am a slingaholic.) Don't get me wrong - I am not anti-technology, or against modernisation - I just like to use the most natural approach when it comes to my kids. (For example - the cloth nappies we use are nice fluffy easy snap in funky coloured ones, not terry squares!) We believe in our children learning from the world around them and truly experiencing life. We don't leave our kids to cry. We eat together as a family. We limit tv watching. We play with our children.
People whose writing has inspired my parenting choices include:
Dr Sears, Attachment Parenting
Gill Rapely, Baby Led Weaning
Sue Palmer, Toxic Childhood
So let me know if you feel the same, let's be 'Natural Parents' together!

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