By Anastasia B

Is an attachment parenting lifestyle possible if both parents have to work? Yes. Would it it be harder than if one parent stayed home? You bet. Some families still manage to do it. Conventional parents reading my blog often get the impression that I have the freedom to stay home with our child(r...
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By Anastasia B

During my first and second trimester all I wanted was lots of blueberries. Apples, green salads, and no meat. I just rolled over into the third trimester of my second pregnancy and my cravings are oh so different! I just wish that my desire to actively fulfill these cravings coincided with me wa...
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By Christina Sbarro

Some of you know that I started a full time MFA program this fall, in addition to working on my book, and being a mama to two little guys. It’s been adventure, to say the least, and I’m hoping to share a little bit about that adventure here every week.
The backstory is this:
Before I dec...
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By Christina Sbarro

(For my sister who is due with her first baby in three weeks...)
Oh yes. This is the way things happen.
You get pregnant, have a baby, survive a year or so of sleep deprivation, memory loss, heavenly smiles, and diapers, and then one afternoon while you're making a sandwich your baby is sittin...
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By Christina Sbarro

Take a deep breath. Stop whatever you are doing, even if you think it cannot wait. Even if there is a deadline attached to it, and maybe especially then. Close out facebook, email, twitter. Close your computer. Close your eyes and take another breath and look to the window where the miraculous sky m...
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By Christina Sbarro

Hi! I’m thrilled to be joining Today’s Mama Boston. I live close enough to Boston to make it legit, but really, I live at the end of a long dirt road in Vermont with my husband T. and our two little guys, Bean and Sprout.*
(* their blogosphere monikers.)
Bean is five, rides his d...
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