Archive for April, 2008
Accidentally AP
Before I had Alex, I didn’t even know such a thing as “Attachment Parenting” existed. Apparently it’s my parenting style though, as he sleeps in our bed (cuz it’s easier on me), I carry him in a wrap instead of a stroller (cuz it’s easier on me), and I’ll nurse him as long as it works for me (cuz I’m a cheap ass and don’t want to buy formula or whole milk.)
Amy, the Crunchy Domestic Goddess asked if some of us would post a press release for AP International and their new site. I’d planned to say more about this, but given the week we’ve had, we’re just gonna go with the flow … which is a little accidentally AP as well 
Attachment Parenting International (API), a non-profit organization
that promotes parenting practices that create strong, healthy emotional
bonds between children and their parents, has several exciting changes they
would like to announce, including:
- A newly redesigned web site and new logo at Attachment
Parenting.org - Attachment parenting worldwide support
-
href=”http://www.attachmentparenting.org/pep/pep.php”>Parent
Program – a comprehensive series of classes for every stage
and age of child development from infancy through adulthood; - A new book based on API’s Eight Principles of Attachment Parenting by
API co-founders Lysa Parker and Barbara Nicholson which is expected to be
available this summer; - A series of podcasts, webinars, chats, and forums with API Advisory
Board members and other supporters of AP. Future events are scheduled with
Dr. Bob Sears, Dr. James McKenna, and Kathleen Kendall Tacket. Check out
the
href=”http://www.attachmentparenting.org/events/events.php”>events
for more information.
These are just a few of many exciting things going on at API
I hope you’ll stop by and check it out for yourself.
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Hooray for snot
I am filled to the brim with boogers.
That, my friends is as fine an introduction to me as you can possibly ask for.
The culmination of this current illness has been a loud, barking cough and a rumbling wheezing in my chest, reminiscent of a Ford Fairlane. Oh and also? I LOOK TOTALLY HOT.
Red nose? check
Peeling skin on the red nose? check
Poofy eyes? check
Bruised ribs from coughing so hard? check
However, dear friends I can deal will all of these minor inconveniences were I able to maintain my dignity while ill. Clearly, this is not the case. To wit:
Sitting at my desk at the evil empire, a little tickle at the back of my throat became a coughing fit of epic proportions. The clouds were parting in reverence to my colossally large and seal-like noises.
me :Bark Bark Baaaaaaaaaaaark Haaaaaaaaack cough wheeeeeeeze
boss: are you OK?!
me: *nodding daintily* HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK
As she leaned forward to smack my back in an effort to help, it happened. Something dislodged from my lungs and leapt forward, and out of my nose. She and I both watched the offending lung oyster careen through the air and hit the fine fine carpeting with an unceremonious splat.
I started to laugh.
She was less amused, but said very little as I leapt forward, tissue in hand, to clean up the offending boogey. As I giggled to myself and fought down the urge to cry, the snot mixed in with all of my conflicting emotions resulted in a large and unmistakable snort.
I suppose it’s a good thing I didn’t also have gas.
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