Welcome to the Sunday Surf, a tour of the best blogposts I've read throughout the week.
This is not a boy sitting at home. Mikko decided he wanted to wear his
footie pajamas out. He garnered a lot of envious pointing from other kids.
I just can't believe how tall he's getting. He's been talking about his birthday party
so much, and I can't believe he'll be SIX years old in June! How did that happen? My baby!
We already knew Alrik was a powerhouse, right?
He insisted on wheeling our basket around at the thrift store.
Time to read!
59 minutes ago
#paleo
#Budgeting
#feeding
#Finances
#whole foods
Guest Post, The Paleo Mama: Affording Paleo | Paleo Parents →
Tips for people who are “barely surviving,” “comfortable,” and “well-off.” This advice applies to any whole-foods buying, not just paleo, and would be a great addition to this past week’s Six Ingredient Challenge topic!
Plus bonus tips for using a whole chicken!
1 hour ago
#breastfeeding
#health
#feeding
#coconut oil
Hybrid Rasta Mama: Coconut Oil and Breastfeeding →
I’m the poster child boobs for coconut oil and its relation to breastfeeding! :)
1 hour ago
#Babywearing
#crafts
#tutorials
#patterns
#sewing
Make Your Own Baby Carrier →
Roundup of DIY baby carrier patterns and resources.
1 hour ago
#unschooling
#homeschooling
Creating a Portfolio | Enjoy Life Unschooling →
Cool idea to use the free app Evernote to keep up your homeschooler/unschool portfolio.
4 days ago (4 notes)
#food
#intuitive eating
#feeding
#dieting
The Perfect Diet « The F*** It "Diet" →
I’ve found the perfect diet! So easy to follow, too.
1 week ago (1 note)
#parenting
#parenting subsequent children
#responsiveness
#respectful parenting
Here We Are | NCRegister.com →
Love this wisdom from Simcha Fisher:
Good parents are the ones who try as hard as they can to do what seems right to them, but still allow themselves to say, “This just isn’t working. Let’s try something else.”
Good parents are the ones who say, “Wow, this system, plan, or attitude was effective with me, my siblings, and my other six children, and (as far as I can tell from the outside) every other kid in our church, school, and area shopping mall; but for whatever reason, it’s not working with this particular kid. Let’s try something else.”
Via Laura of WaldenMommy’s Sunday Surf
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Six Ingredient Challenge:
I hope you're enjoying reading along with the six-week Six Ingredient Challenge! How's it going for you so far? If you haven't started yet, feel free to join anytime!
Posts so far:
Reclaiming "Healthy": On Intuitive Eating and Ditching Diets For Good (1/29)
Join us for the Six Ingredient Challenge! (1/30)
Rules & FAQ of the Six Ingredient Challenge (1/31)
Involving Your Kids & Partner in a New Way of Eating (2/4)
Why have you decided to participate in the Six Ingredient Challenge? (asked 1/31; linkup 2/7)
Shopping Strategies (2/12)
How's it going for you so far? (asked 2/7; linkup 2/14)
Chicken Broth (2/1)
Peanut Butter (2/5)
Almond Milk & Sweet Almond Cream (2/8)
Flour Tortillas (2/11)
Soft Pretzels (2/13)
Coconut Macaroons (2/13)
Ricotta cheese (2/15)
Granola Bars (2/19)
What new foods or recipes have you tried or discovered? (asked 2/14; linkup 2/21)
Butter (2/22)
Bread (2/25)
What has been the easiest part of this challenge for you so far? The most difficult part? (asked 2/21; linkup 2/28)
Sample Meal Plan (3/4)
Caesar Dressing and Salad Dressing Roundup (3/5)
How's your budget? What money-saving strategies have you been employing? (asked 2/28; linkup 3/7)
Mozzarella cheese (3/8)
What are you learning about your body through this challenge? Your family's rhythms and routines? Your feelings about food? (asked 3/7; linkup 3/14)
Start formulating your answer to the sixth writing prompt, and publish it on your blog by March 14 (or save it to paste in the comments when we post our responses then). You can also read the interesting responses to our fifth writing prompt from the linky! No matter how far along we are, we invite you to sign up and join in now — we're excited about the conversations we're having!
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Being sniffly doesn't have to mean being miserable.
7 ways to turn sick days into fun days + $100 CVS gift card giveaway {3.31; US}
Enter with one easy comment on each post for a chance to win one of three $100 gift cards to CVS. It's nice to have a little extra spending money during cold & flu season!
Surf with us:
We love following along with fellow Sunday Surfers. If you have your own post of reading links to share, please link up your post on Hobo Mama or on Authentic Parenting. The linky will go live every Sunday, and you can link up any day that week. You only need to add your post to one of the sites, and the linky will automatically show up on both sites.
You can get the Sunday Surf button by Jenna Designs and some code to add to your post from my Sunday Surf page.
Check out previous editions for good reading, and you can find more shared items during the week at my Tumblr blog, Hobo Mama's Shared Items.
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