From one "Crunchy" Mom to the next...

For those of you who are already practice "natural parenting" or aren't quite sure if you are, or will be yet, here are some blogs from a few other natural parenting Mom's out there that I wanted to share...

Fellow Natural Parenting Bloggers (to name just a few):

Sausage Mama - this gal...what can I say about her...she's absolutely WONDERFUL! My friend Amber "introduced" me to Sausage Mama on her Facebook page HERE. It's a place where a lot of "crunchy" Mom's have come together to support each other. When I first started thinking about getting into cloth diapers and was OVERWHELMED at all the different kinds out there, I asked Sausage Mama if she could help me out and help me narrow things down a bit so I could figure out what I wanted to try out for cloth since I couldn't do any trial packages because we are tight on money. She dedicated an entire blog to me HERE on where to start with modern cloth nappies (diapers, they use the term "nappies" in Australia hehehe). She has a couple videos on all the different kinds out there and shows you how they all work! It was SO helpful for me! I can't thank her enough for all the help she's given me and how she's able to take the time to help me personally with all the followers she has asking questions and how busy she is with her son and another babe on the way! THANK YOU SAUSAGE MAMA!

Meg-isms - I love this entry because this Mother goes on about how people are too quick to follow what others (especially doctors) tell them to when it comes to parenting their own children and she believes as new parents (or experienced parents) we should ask questions, research EVERYTHING and more importantly FOLLOW OUR INSTINCTS!! We are the ones that ultimately know our children the best, so why do we sit here and listen to others telling us how we should raise our own babies when they're not here living the daily grind with us?! (Sorry for the rant, just can't stand other people telling me how to raise my baby, if you couldn't tell lol!) Don't get me wrong...I follow the advice of the doctors when I think it's necessary...but I can't tell you enough that if I followed the doctor's advice over my own instincts...Kaelyn SURELY would've been admitted into the ER to get IV fluids when we had that scare with her!

Peaceful Parenting - this Mom is always looking for new articles on different things and she has great information on her older posts as well. This is where I have found a lot of my information about co-sleeping/sleep sharing, baby wearing, etc. One of my favorite, more recent posts of hers, was about how to "make" your own maternity clothes with just "pennies". Here is the link to that blog (Nursing Without Wearing A Bag Or Spending Your Life Savings). I wish I would've thought of this idea when I had to start wearing maternity clothes...however I was fortunate not to have to buy all my maternity clothes because my wonderful Mother got them for me for Christmas! I will definitely be using this idea next time we have a baby to change up my maternity wardrobe just a bit.

I will leave it at just these three for now because with just these ones, you have your reading cut out for you! haha! HAVE FUN!! :-)