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Mom In France

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  • i'm sick of food porn, too

    [Read the article: Food slut]
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    However, I would rather have read the author's take on organic pork frams, the resurgence of beets, and upscale restaurants feeding the homeless.

    It would be nice if Salon bought these kinds of stories rather than so many referential articles by journalists about journalism.

    Monday, January 2, 2006 07:56 AM

  • What's worked (so far) for us

    [Read the article: The parent trap]
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    Boo turns 1 tomorrow. Looking back, we probably went overboard with our 400 euro stoller-system (frame, bassinet, car seat, older seat). We thought we would use it until Boo turned 3, or with a second child. At chrismas we bought a 80 euro ultralight Maclaren stoller and haven't looked back.

    I'm grateful to live in France where I did need the help of the postpartum doula on breastfeeding. I'm pretty sure I would have given up if she hadn't come a couple of times those first two weeks.

    We didn't baby-proof our house. At all. And it's a small open space. I defiantly refused to give into the "wall of death" and all the fear, guilt, etc. that implies. My husband and I both work, me four days a week, so we're only home half the time. I just keep a close eye and try to (slowly) teach Boo the things that are off-limits and block access to areas of the house, like the bathroom, that would be troublesome.

    We don't watch TV with Boo except the occasional weekend afternoon rugby match. I'm generally against it -- it was important to me in choosing his nanny that she didn't plop them in front of the TV during the day. If I need that shower, I let Boo play with a couple of toys in his bed.

    I do buy things for Boo that are for me, like the retro avocodo-green plastic chair that I spent 100 euros on because it was exactly the same as I had as a child at my grandparents'. I probably buy clothes that are too expensive.

    Hey, I'm winging it just like everybody else and have my good baby-consumer moments and bad.

    Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:21 PM

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