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PAIL Book Club: Simplicity Parenting posts
Our recent PAIL book club was “Simplicity Parenting, Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids.” The book was really in-depth and offered a lot to think...
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featured post: “never going back again” by arch mama
What does it mean to heal from infertility? This week, we’re featuring a post by Arch Mama, who has a unique ability to put a complex issue into just the right words to make it click. That’s what her...
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news item: marriage first, child second?
Unless you’re living under a rock lately [eta - sorry, apparently I'm just way too addicted to G&B news - you don't necessarily live under a rock *grin*], you’ve probably heard about the brou-ha-ha...
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March monthly theme: high standards
It it took us 3 years to conceive. Three years of trying and hoping for a child. When I wasn’t researching infertility treatments I filled a lot of my time with researching parenting itself. I read...
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20 questions – answered!
We are so excited about the HUGE response to the 20 Questions* event! It was awesome to peek at all the responses ahead of posting the list, and even cooler to hear that it helped to clear out some...
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weekly summary, vol. 39
PAIL Special Announcements & Reminders: The Book Club post listing for Simplicity Parenting is up. Have you read it? What were your thoughts? 20 Questions, Answered! We had a fantastic response to...
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the monday snapshot – Elizabeth
Elizabeth from Bebe Suisse is going to open up the week for us with her contribution to the The Monday Snapshot – an evolution of the MMM feature, meant to bring the PAIL blogroll to life by giving its...
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featured post: “how breastfeeding almost made me fail as a mother” by the...
About ten days ago I was scrolling through my personal Twitter feed, catching up on the day’s happenings. I saw a recent tweet from The Infertile Housewife about the difficulty she was having...
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news item collection: the things we don’t talk about (and the things we do)
There have been a number of articles and op-ed pieces coming across our computer screens this week. Instead of choosing just one to highlight this week, we thought it would be more valuable to talk...
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monthly theme, March 2013: “high standards” posts listing
Our monthly theme for March was “High Standards.” We asked you to look at your parenting practices and examine if you feel your adoption/loss/infertility journey has led you to hold yourself to a...
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weekly summary, vol. 40
PAIL Posts This Week: Tracy started out the week for us by featuring Elizabeth from Bebe Suisse, who submitted a picture of her rapidly expanding waistline during a hike at the end of her ‘honeymoon’...
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the monday snapshot – Jules
Jules from Two Pink Tulips is going to open up the week for us with her contribution to the The Monday Snapshot – an evolution of the MMM feature, meant to bring the PAIL blogroll to life by giving its...
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featured post: “join the movement” by RESOLVE
I am going in a different direction this week and featuring a post from an organization rather than a blogger. Why? Because this is important. National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW), organized by...
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news item: food allergy advice for kids
Okay, I will be the first to admit that food allergies for kids is something that has never really been on my radar. My husband and I have no history of food allergies in our families, so I suppose...
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weekly summary, vol. 41
PAIL Special Announcements/Reminders: On our blogroll? Help your readers find us! Post the PAIL icon! Need help figuring out how to post the button, click here for details! If you are having issues,...
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the monday snapshot – Emma
Emma from Emma in Mommyland is going to open up the week for us with her contribution to the The Monday Snapshot – an evolution of the MMM feature, meant to bring the PAIL blogroll to life by giving...
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family is everything
I was hanging out with a friend the other day when I mentioned that we’d be hanging out this coming Friday at Ky’s great grandma’s house for a fun Easter day of an egg hunt and then dinner with our...
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news item: The Stories That Bind Us
After Traathy’s great post yesterday regarding Open Adoption (OA), we thought we’d continue with the theme of family ties today with a look at an article that we found on the New York Times website...
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feature post: “re-boiled,” by Justine of “A Half Baked Life”
Sometimes I am very systematic about things. Like the other day, I decided I was going to go through the PAIL blogroll, blog by blog, and catch up with all our bloggers’ recent posts. That’s how I came...
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PAIL mini-feature: Get CPR & First Aid Certified!
PAIL Public Service Announcement! PAILblogger Julia of 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Baby recently posted about her toddler’s terrifying choking incident. He’s fine now because his quick-thinking mom had been CPR...
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