Big Bird Gets the Lowdown on Breastfeeding

Wowza!

Remember these? Well, they've been selected as Saturday Morning Flowers over at Apartment Therapy! I've been a fan of Apartment Therapy for several years, so I'm honored to have my photos chosen. Take a look at the piece, here.

Playing With Our Food: The Spaghetti Incident

RECIPE FOR FUN

First, pull the spaghetti taut, "like ze moostache"...
...second, the spaghetti will break, landing on the Kiddo's nose...
...third, crack up until your sides hurt...
Repeat, approximately 500 times, or until you run out of spaghetti, whichever comes first.

Breastfeeding Gorgeousness!

Fabulous Home Birth Mom of the Day: Carrie Ann Moss

Star of the Matrix films, Carrie Ann Moss on her birth experiences (via The True Face of Birth):

"I have had two babies using the care of a midwife, the first was delivered (by the midwife) in a hospital setting. The second baby was delivered in our home. With both experiences, the midwife made the pregnancy experience and birth so honored and beautiful.

The Midwives Model of Care is unlike using traditional obstetric care, in that it is family-centered and focuses strongly on the mother's wellbeing as an important factor in a good birth outcome. I still treasure memories of the meetings I had throughout both pregnancies, where the midwife would take whatever time was needed to accurately and sensitively monitor my babies' growth. I have no such memories about my Obstetrician appointments, thorough as they were. And in the case of our home-birth, the Obstetrician was not involved at all in the end.

I believe midwifery care is an important healthcare option for families to have access to. Whether they attend a birth at home or in a hospital, midwives bring a special and unique tradition of family-centered care to the experience of having a baby and it would be wrong to stop them from helping American families."

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Mother's Day Blessing Celebration NYC

I have been asked to speak at a special Mother's Day Celebration to be held at Saint Bart's Church! If you're in the city on Sunday, May 11, I hope you can join us. Here are the details:

The First Annual Mother's Day Blessing Celebration NYC
Womanifested by Echo of Conscious Clinic

Sunday, May 11, 2008
2-3 pm
(Seating begins at 1:30 pm)

This event is dedicated to:
Living Mothers, Deceased Mothers, Pregnant women, Adoptive/Birth Families, Adults trying to conceive, People suffering from infertility, Step families, Working Mothers, Single Parents, Mothers of Faith, Multi-cultural Mothers, LGBT Parents, Adults who have suffered from Miscarriage, Abortion, Stillborn or Death after Birth, Every Mother, The Planet as our Mother, Mothers of the war, and more...

Speakers include:

Echo of Conscious Clinic, Opening Invocation

Kathy Bozzuti-Jones, St. Bart’s Director of Children & Family Ministry, Prayers for Multi-Cultural Families

Dr. Rev. Joyce Liechenstein, One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, Offering Christian Prayers for Mothers

Sarifa Felicia Norton, Head Sufi Ziraat, Offering Fertility & Earth Blessings

Kali Morse, Integral Yoga Institute, Offering Yogic Blessings

Mama Gena, Founder, Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts, Offering Prayers for Womanly Pleasure

Elan MacAllister, Co-Founder, Choices in Childbirth, Offering Prayers for Pregnant Women & Labor

Leigh Pennebaker, Expressing Gratitude as a New Mother

Dunya, Offering a Dance Performance for Mother & Child

Children International, Offering Prayers for Children Around the World

Peter Goldbeck, Offering Prayers for Single Dads Everywhere

Alison Rose Levy, Offering Prayers for Family Healing

Samuel Lipton, Offering Prayers of Advocacy for LGBT Parents and Children

Meggan Watterson, Offering Feminst Theologian's Prayers for Women's Bodies

Capryce Watts, Offering Prayers for Victims of Domestic Violence

Joe Nardini, Parent Lab Parent Coordinator, Sacred Reading "Children Learn What They Live"

Janet Morgan, Official Visual Artist of the 1st Annual Mother's Day Blessing

Echo of Conscious Clinic, Closing Prayer & Group Mother's Day Ritual

Graciously Hosted by Kathy Bozzuti-Jones & St. Bart's Church

St. Barts Church
109 East 50th Street & Park Ave., NYC

Tickets in advance recommended. Click here to purchase.