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My Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Experience as a Working Mother

July 16, 2012 By Haley 9 Comments

(Unhappy Baby Benjamin. This is seriously what he did most of his first year of life, poor child.) This post could also be titled: Why We Chose Mama and Baby Togetherness the Second Time Around. I've been wanting to tell you about our amazing experience with Ecological Breastfeeding, but I feel like I need to describe our experience with our firstborn's babyhood and why we so desperately wanted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby, Breastfeeding, Children, Family & Homesteading, Motherhood Tagged With: attachment, attachment parenting, Baby, colic, crying, ecological breastfeeding, mama and baby togetherness, sleep deprivation, working mothers

In Defense of Jamie Lynne Grumet and Attachment Parenting

May 12, 2012 By Haley 8 Comments

So yesterday I wrote about how I HATED the cover image and the title (Are You Mom Enough?) of the piece in TIME about Attachment Parenting and extended breastfeeding (the cover image is included in yesterday's post). I still hate the cover image and the title (oh, that title!). I still hate that TIME is trying to make AP and extended breastfeeding look as weird and sensational as possible. I still … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breastfeeding, Family & Homesteading, Motherhood Tagged With: attachment parenting, breastfeeding, jamie lynne grumet, TIME cover

The Cover of TIME and the Blessed Virgin Mary

May 11, 2012 By Haley 9 Comments

Ok, so I promised I wouldn’t talk about sex for awhile after my two-part ramble on contraception, etc. But then I saw this TIME cover: You guys know that I’m a huge supporter of breastfeeding in public. Breastfeeding is not a sexual act. Breasts are not merely sexual. Breastfeeding in public IS NOT immodest. So, why does this image look so sexual? Some might claim that nursing is an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breastfeeding, Family & Homesteading, Our Lady Tagged With: attachment parenting, breastfeeding, extended breastfeeding, TIME cover

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Welcome! I’m Haley Stewart, a bookish mama of four and wife to a beekeeper. Writer, speaker, podcaster, and Catholic convert. Homeschooling, bacon-eating, and bright red lipstick-wearing Jane Austen aficionado. My first book, The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture is available now!

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