Mother's Day Activities for Moms Who Have Lost Children and Kids Who Have Lost Moms

 Mother's Day is a favorite holiday for me. I have four lovely kids plus my mother, step mother and mother-in-law still living. Mother's Day can be bittersweet for kids who have lost moms. And what about the mother who has lost a child? Mother's Day may just be bitter for her. Here are ways to acknowledge Mother's Day (or just survive) if you or someone you love has lost a child. I've included ideas for children (even adult kids) who have lost moms, too. Mother's Day Activities for Moms Who Have Lost Children

Why pregnant moms should write a birth plan

Like being in the Peace Corps, giving birth is "the toughest job you'll ever love." If you're giving birth, whether in a hospital or at home, you deserve to do it the way you want to. That's why you need to fill out a birth plan. Here are considerations. Why pregnant moms should write a birth plan

Parents Post Breastfeeding Photos Online, Deemed Obscene - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com

This is a two-part series on the breastfeeding moms vs. Facebook fracas. Moms from around the world gathered at Facebook offices and in large cities to protest by doing what they do, aka nursing babies. Why the protest? Facebook won't let them share photos of themselves breastfeeding their children (but it will allow people to spray the f-bomb all over the place, to post highly sexualized images of themselves and to tell the world every time they use the bathroom).

I wrote these pieces from a straight news (no opinion) basis, but I feel very strongly that breastfeeding in public is healthy, positive and very much NOT obscene. Breastfed is best-fed for baby. It's good for other moms to see others in solidarity. And anyone who gets their knickers in a twist over the sight of a lovely mommy using her God-given breasts (for the purpose God intended) to feed her lovely baby, needs to get therapy. Don't want to see it? Go sit under a blanket. That and never leave the house, turn on the television or go online. So rock on breastfeeding mamas. I miss those days so much. Okay here endeth the rant (temporarily, anyway. This really incenses me) and here is the nurse-in article. Moms Protest Facebook for Banned Breastfeeding Photos. And this is one about the Leaky B@@b and Express Yourself Mums that got the ball rolling. Read more at Parents Post Breastfeeding Photos Online, Deemed Obscene. 

Duggar Parents' Stillborn Baby Photos Stir Up Debate

Duggar Parents' Stillborn Baby Photos Stir Up Debate Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, parents of TLC's "19 and Counting," lost child No. 20 in a second trimester miscarriage Dec. 11. At baby Jubilee Shalom's memorial service, photos showing the child's hands and feet sparked debate, says ABC News. Here are details about infant death rituals and the controversy they sometimes cause. Read on... 

(N.B. We lost two stillborn daughters at 19 weeks gestation~ Jubilee's age. I believe our daughters, Mary-Therese and Isobella Raine are in heaven with Jesus and His Blessed Mother. To Michelle, Jim Bob and the kids, love and prayers to you. Eternal rest grant unto baby Jubilee Shalom and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul, the souls of the faithful departed and those whose fate is known only to God, rest in peace. Amen.)

Baby Slings vs. Car Seat Infant Carriers

Slings for Babies vs. Infant Car Seat Carriers
When our first child was born, we tried both an infant front pack carrier and the detachable infant car seat carrier. After about two uses, it was evident for many reasons, that the front pack carrier or baby sling as we later used was far superior.
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Children and Sleep: The Family Bed

Babies, Children and Sleep: Rooming In or the Family Bed Approach
"Rooming in' or the family bed is a sleep pattern in which parents share their bed with their children. We used this approach successfully with our babies who slept with mom and dad. Works well for breastfeeding moms, too.
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