Wheter you agree to disagree on the recent Time magazine cover, it surely brings up the most controversal topic ever – to breastfeed or not to breastfeed.

I know moms who have chosen not to breastfeed their newborns (some for vanity reasons and other for health reasons), nonetheless, whatever choice you make, its YOUR choice.

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So this morning, Time magazine’s cover mom went on the Today show to share her views on attachment parenting and explain the story behind the cover photo. She was joined by her 3-year-old son, Aram, Dr. Sears, and Time’s science editor, Jeffrey Kluger.

“Attachment parenting” involves prolonged physical bonding with a child through extended breastfeeding, carrying and sleeping with the baby as well as responding to the infant’s cries.

The phrase was coined by Dr Bill Sears, a 72-year-old paediatrician who wrote The Baby Book.

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“I understand some of the breastfeeding advocates are upset about this,” 26-year-old Jamie Grumet said. “[The cover image] doesn’t show the nurturing side to attachment parenting . . . I understand what they’re saying, but I do understand why Time chose this picture. It’s created a real media craze to get the dialogue going.”

“You need to do what’s best for your baby and for your own family,” Grumet continued. “You can take some of Dr. Sears’s attachment parenting philosophies and maybe not others, and that’s OK; you’re not a bad parent. Your child will still be OK.”

Does seeing the young mother speak about her reasons for practicing attachment parenting change your opinion of the magazine cover?

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Me & Lil B

As Mother’s Day approaches, I’ve rounded up some of my favorite parenting tips  – right from my own experiences, from around the web and from my mommy friends.  Here’s ten things every POSH mom should know:

1. The safest way to install a car seat.

2. What to do with your Kids’s artwork.

3. How to be a happy mom, 24-7.

4. How to become the swaddle expert.

5. Never compare yourself to those moms who “do it all.”

6. How to raise a happy baby.

7.  How to become a POSH mom.

8. Ask HIM for help!

9. When taking your kid’s pictures, DON’T say cheese, SAY “PIZZA”!…what kid doesn’t love pizza.

10. How to never pay full price – AGAIN!

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Looking back to my elementary and high school years I was probably bullied.  With my thick rimmed glasses, tall skinny frame, my hair in pigtails (that I wore up until my sophomore year in high school) and unique first full name, usually made me the butt of jokes.  I never got into a fist fight (thank goodness), but have gotten cornered by the “mean girls” and ridiculed by the guys ’cause of my exceptionally small frame…on top….I dared myself never to tell my mom, not until now….3o years later!
I told her stories of how my favorite yellow Sony Walkman was stolen and not lost, how my Spanish full name was criticized by classmates and how I was called “Yoko Ono” because of my dark tinted glasses.   The weird thing about all of this is how these same so-called bullies had “friended” me on Facebook.  Huh??!  Did they not realize the affect they had on this 11 year old?  Did they actually think we were friends?

Now that I am a parent, my worst fear veered its ugly head.  At the tender age of 16 months, Lil B was pushed by another kid, fortunately for everyone involved a police officer was not called to the scene…If you’ve never been on the receiving end of bullying, it’s likely that I cannot convey the hurt, the anguish, the utter despair you feel when you have to get up every day and face people who will torture you.  Not only that, but the long term effects are devastating and I vowed that I would not let this happen again – to anyone!  View Post

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To know me, is to know how much I love Sarah Jessica Parker’s character Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and The City.  So,when I learned that they were revisiting Carrie Bradshaw in her early years I was stoked.  AnnaSophia Robb won over the casting directors and is playing the leading role in CW’s Sex and The City prequel, The Carrie Diaries.

"The Carrie Diaries" Anna Sophia Robb as Carrie Bradshaw

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The show is set in the early ’80s during Carrie Bradshaw’s senior year of high school.

“She sent me a letter! I wrote her one back, too,” Robb told Us Weekly. “She was just very encouraging about it all. It was really cool.”

“The Carrie Diaries” is expected to air on The CW in the fall. It is based on the book by Candace Bushnell of the same name. It comes from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the team behind the series “Gossip Girl.”

Will you be watching?

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Last weekend, I was invited to see the Off-Broadway hit show called, Love, Loss, and What I Wore and its a must see!  I invited my girlfriend to accompany me and she could’t stop thanking me for inviting her…we both laughed and even cried (yes, even cried).  The show was written by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, and opened in October 2009 at the quaint Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street), where it has broken all box office records.

Love, Loss, and What I Wore is a rotating cast of prominent women reading a compilation of intimate stories about the role clothing has played in the memorable moments of its subject’s lives, from celebrating the role of black clothing in a woman’s wardrobe (something that this New Yorker can relate to) to how a women’s bag is a complete mess (sounds familiar mom?).

If you’re in New York, grab your girlfriends for a night and take in this thought provoking performance before it’s gone – ends March 25! I related to a few of the stories, like remembering what I wore the day my son was born or what I wore the night my husband proposed.  Didn’t realize how true it was knowing how clothing affects your mood….what outfit do your recollect that has made an impact?  

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Many thanks to Playtime! and MamaDrama for inviting me! Playtime is a non-for-profit program that provides culture, arts, and childcare for kids while their parents enjoy the theatre. Yay!


{Disclosure: I received tickets to this performance via MamaDrama in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed herein are my own.}

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