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Perfect is the Enemy of the Good

January 20, 2014 By Deena 1 Comment

“Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien.” ~ Voltaire Recently, I read a blog post about how tea has pesticides and is dangerous and how this kind of tea bag is bad, but that one is worse, etc. Beyond the extraordinarily bad ‘research’; what I found interesting was the comments below the article. The readers bemoaned […]

Filed Under: Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Birth Plan, Childbirth, Emotional State, Fear, Ideal Birth, Parenting, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy, Yamas and Niyamas

The Not-So-Bumbling Dad, A Father’s Day Post

June 12, 2013 By Deena Leave a Comment

Every time I see something in the media about the “bumbling dad” it makes me cringe. There is a stereotype in our culture regarding incompetent fathers. They put the baby’s diaper on backwards; feed them chocolate cake for breakfast; forget to bathe them; buckle them in the car seat incorrectly; have no idea what to […]

Filed Under: Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Baby, Birth, breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Essentials Class, Childbirth Education Classes, Confident Birthing, Father's Day, Fathers, Infant, Infant Care, Lamaze, Mothers, Parenting

Tuesday Inspirations #7

August 14, 2012 By Deena Leave a Comment

There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children… What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply.  ~Elder M. Russell Ballard

Filed Under: Inspirations, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Love, Motherhood, Mothers, Parenting, Pittsburgh

Adding Fuel to the Mommy Wars Fire: Breastfeeding a 3 yr old on the cover of TIME Magazine

May 11, 2012 By Deena 2 Comments

Big win for the TIME Magazine marketing machine, this week. With their new cover, they’ve generated a ton of buzz online.  Much conversation has been had and is being continued.  Kudos to their marketing team – they did it, got us all talking… “Are you mom enough?” asks the cover of this week’s TIME Magazine […]

Filed Under: Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: "Mommy Wars", AAP, breastfeeding, Decision making, Media, Parenting, Pittsburgh, WHO

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