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The Other Side of the Coin

April 20, 2017 / Cressey / 6 Comments

One of the byproducts of attachment parenting the way we practiced it —without bottles or pumps—is that feeding delivered not only nutrition but also comfort. By its nature, breastfeeding enhances attachment. I have no virtual reality in which we can replay the past to see if X would have felt closer to G as a little … Continue reading The Other Side of the Coin

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Welcome to my unexpected, mystical, utterly imperfect travels in life from early marriage, infertility, late-term miscarriage, and finally, successful birth of a daughter — to early childhood, grammar school, tween years, teens, and young adulthood — through divorce to creating my own nest. In the process, I've written a few books. But first, you may want to check out my first blog entry. To get deeper into the early years, here are a few selected memoir chapters. Lighter bits include: crafts, games, poetry, and more on my story. My mission is to share some of our experience with you as a friend, possible resource, and fellow traveler on this intrepid and sometimes lonely—but always enriching—journey of womanhood.

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