❦ Halloween Milk! ❦

The Halloween Milk album at peaceful parenting on Facebook is always having photos flagged by lactiphobic onlookers - especially the cute little nursing 'pumpkins.' In 2011, half of all uploaded photos were removed by Facebook from the album. As a result, we're moving the gallery here and are excited to add your fun, furry-and-feathery milky photos to the collection this season.

You are welcome to upload or tag at the peaceful parenting Facebook page if this is easiest for you, or send to DrMomma.org@gmail.com and we will add yours in. We will watermark photos with your first/last name before posting, unless you request otherwise. If your photo or information was lost in past years' deletion, we invite you to email as well so we can update.

It's all just for fun ~ to celebrate the joys of gentle parenting as we plant some seeds and raise awareness throughout this month of pumpkins, costumes (and momma milk!).  If you're a mother seeking info on nursing your baby, we invite you to visit the Breastfeeding Resources Page and write to us anytime.

 ❦ Happy Halloween! ❦

Ashley's little duckie grabs a snack.

Milk maid, Alyssa nurses her calf. 

Little Red Riding Hood has no need to fear the big bad wolf when Mom's around!

Hippie Karah, walked around nursing her 15 month old monkey for 1/2 the evening!  

This little pilot (26 months) landed to grab some goodness.

Kealy's little butterfly stops flying for some milk on her first halloween. 

Dragons need mommy milk too!

Stacey's little nursing apple, Eden. 

Heidi's bumblebee tastes mom's sweet honey. 

Nancy's little rabbit kept finding his ears drooped into his soup. 

Bo Peep (aka The Heady Housewife) nurses her sheep!

Christa's dear little caterpillar munched some lunch. 

Tiffany's little calf gets some of the good milk!

Lena's 7 week old, Yoda, out on his first halloween. 

Tin [Wo]man, Tabitha, and her little lion. 

Jennifer's dragon get refueled.

Christa's beautiful butterfly pauses for a snack.

Dear little pumpkin, you are so sweet. 

Even Hulk Hogan needs to recharge! 

[Note: that is an eyeliner pencil in Sarah's hand.]

Marsha's costume clad son nurses while secure in his rear-facing car seat, mom forward facing in back seat. Raise your hand if you've done this!

Wet nurse, Denae cares for her little one. 

 Momma milk keeps Kelly's Spiderman out of sticky situations.

Pirate mom, Jenny, nurses her parrot baby.

 Lil' lobsters need mommy milk too!

Ruthie's 1 year old daughter, Indigo, grabs a snack before heading out as Rosie the Riveter ~ with Mom as her backdrop!

 Selia's little bumblebee collects the good nectar.

Candice's little strawberry gets some cream.

Libbi's little Super Jazz recharges on momma milk!

Jami's little lion gets his 'nummies' before trick or treating.

Dara nurses her little pumpkin before putting on her body as the sting ray photobomb.

What does the 2 year old fox say?
More milk, please!

Emily's busy little 2 year old dino grabs some night time milk.

Lisa's 8 month old Superhero, Marshall, charges up.

Karen's lil calf, Duncan, gets milk made just for him from one beautiful Momma Cow. ;)

Superman needs mommy milk too!

Ice Princess Melanie, and Flying Unicorn, Adrianna, fueling up before trick or treating.

Sweet little 2 1/2 year old witch with stitches gets the best treat after an evening out. 

Tuckered out Ruby the Ladybug gets some momma candy after trick-or-treating.

Have you nursed a triceratops lately?!

Elaine's little dragon re-charges.

Kylee nurses her little ballerina kitty.

Hillary's sweet little skeleton gets some halloween milk.

Nursing Snow White.

Meggan nurses her 12 month old lil' devil.

Michelle's 22 month old puppy lapping up her milk.

Kaylin nurses her firefighter!

Rrroar! Monsters need mommy milk too!

Desiree's Mario is all jumped out.

"May the milk be with you!"

Rachel's 3 year old ladybug pauses for some milk.

No better treat this Halloween!

Leilani nurses her baby cow. Got Milk?

Strawberry milk!

Amber's Super-Girl! Just 11 days shy of 16 months.

With Mom close by, no skeletons go hungry this Halloween!

Nursing Batman!

Krystle nurses her little candy corn.

Harry Potter and the Breastfed Toddler.

7 month old Kermit grabs some milk.

Lindsay's 10 month old little monster was hungry after an evening of trick-or-treating at the mall.

Amber nurses her big, bad, hungry wolf!

Josie's little Link charging up.

Parrots need milk from their pirate mommies too!

Nursing Yoda...

Aaarrrgh! To be a hungry pirate...

Sarah nurses her little Dopey, whose sister was Snow White.

Bethany's little Trekkie takes a break.

Bethany's sweet dalmatian nurses during trick-or-treating.

Sweet lil' pumpkin' growing on goodness.

Beth's one year old takes a milk break.

Who doesn't prefer "B" over "C"?! Surely this Cookie Monster does!

Thank you to readers for sending in this meme.

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Peaceful Parenting Pumpkin Carving Contest

Pumpkin chalk drawing by Shannon of Intact Hawaii

It's a Pumpkin Carving Contest!! 

With a peaceful parenting twist.

The goal? To incorporate a little bit of baby/child friendly advocacy into this season's pumpkins to raise awareness of the gentle mothering and fathering of our little ones, and have some creative fun along the way.

In the past, we've hosted breastfeeding and genital autonomy pumpkin carving contests. This year, we are mixing it all together and inviting you to submit your pumpkin creation from whatever peaceful parenting position is near and dear to your heart. Anything goes! Pumpkins can be carved or decorated.

We will be posting all photos of pumpkins submitted to us on this page and public voting will take place at DrMomma.org Nov 1-2. Awards will be given to the top 3 pumpkin creations according to this public vote.

Winners may select from an Intact Advocate prize pack, a Breastfeeding Advocate prize pack, a general Peaceful Parenting prize pack, or a combination of all ($20 value). Included will be cards, magnets, pens, sticky notes, bracelets and a tote bag to share a little love in your community in the upcoming months. All entries will receive a set of the Holiday Info Cards (pictured far below).

To submit your pumpkin, email photos to DrMomma.org@gmail.com You are also welcome to post to the peaceful parenting and/or Saving Our Sons Facebook pages, but to maintain contact information with artist, and email must also follow. Pumpkins will be displayed anonymously until voting is complete.

*UPDATE* 
The voting poll on DrMomma.org via Google appeared to have technical problems or glitches. The results from the Facebook voting poll were all within 1-2 votes of each other. Therefore, we've decided to award a slightly smaller prize pack ($15 worth instead of $20) to each entrant this year. Please email DrMomma.org@gmail.com with your name, address, and let us know which entry was yours and which pack you'd like (Breastfeeding, Intact, or General/Combo pp). 

2011 First Place Winners: 

Above by Ashley of The Heady Housewife

Below by Emilee of Intact Washington

2012 Entries: 

Entry A:

Entry B:

Entry C:

Entry D:

Entry E:

Entry F:

Entry G:

Entry H: 

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Holiday Intact Info Cards (Request Here)

All pumpkin entries receive a set.

When you use tampons, are you inserting mold into your body?

 

One woman recently went to use a Kotex brand tampon, and fortunately was a little clumsy getting it out of the packaging. She discovered patches of mold growing all over the product -- one that was seconds away from being inside her body. She wrote to the manufacturer and was horrified to discover that this is fairly common, and received a basic apology and coupons to buy more of their products.

Reusable sanitary pads (or moon pads) are one stellar option that many women have switched to in recent years. They do not cause cramping or mild contractions that many women experience when inserting something during a period, save oodles of money over the course of years, and are always clean and safe for the wearer. After trying out several, our team of volunteers found Teamoy to be a favorite. With their fun patterns, and solid manufacturing, this brand stands the test of time and heavy use, are very easy to wash in the wash machine/dryer, and come in all types of sizes and lengths with snaps. They did not leak for the women who tried them and were even better (and soft!) than the best selling pads on the market today. Highly recommended. 

Raw Cacao-Avocado Pudding or Frosting (Gluten-free / Dairy-free)

Raw Cacao-Avocado Pudding (or Frosting)     

We all have experienced that inner battle of wanting to give our children only healthy foods but also letting them have treats like the rest of the children get. This recipe is really a happy medium; it’s made using several “super-foods” but yet it tastes better that the sugary store-bought pudding.

Raw cacao is very high in antioxidants, iron, and magnesium. Raw honey is an alkaline-forming food that contains natural vitamins, enzymes, powerful antioxidants and other important natural nutrients. It is also a natural anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. Avocados are rich in healthy fats and contain nearly 20 essential nutrients, including vitamin E, B-vitamins, folic acid, potassium and fiber and dates are rich in calcium, iron, manganese, copper, magnesium potassium and sulphur.

Don't judge this by its name! I've had a couple "avocado haters" try this and they weren't able to figure out what was in it; if you pick the right avocado; not too ripe and not too green, I assure you, you won't be able to taste it at all. It tastes just like regular chocolate pudding, minus the dairy and processed sugar. Best of all, it takes minutes to make as it requires no cooking!

This creation can also be used as a frosting for cupcakes, cakes, or any other desserts.

Ingredients: 

3/4 cup of mashed avocado
3 tbsp of raw cacao powder
Raw honey to taste (I use about 2 tbsp)
6 dates
1 tsp of vanilla extract
A pinch of salt
1/2 to 2 tbsp of coconut oil (optional)**

Preparation: 

Using a food processor or high-power blender or food processor, blend all ingredients together until smooth and there aren’t any large pieces of dates.

Eat as is, or chill and serve.

** Coconut oil is going to make it a little bit thicker/harder. If using as frosting, I highly recommend you add it to the recipe.

This recipe was created by Denise Rice of Edible Harmony (EdibleHarmony.com) a site dedicated to sharing gluten-free, grain-free, soy-free, refined sugar-free, all natural Paleo-friendly recipes.

Additional Recipes by Denise Nassar:

Have Your Cake and Eat It Too! Gluten-free, Grain-free, Dairy-free, Soy-free, Fruit Sweetened Pound Cake

Gluten-free Chicken Nuggets

Paleo Pumpkin Donuts

Home site: EdibleHarmony.com

Homeopathy for Colds and Flu

By Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(Na)

In the last few days, I have received several calls regarding flus and colds. The colds seem to be running their course with a good dose of sleep, plenty of homemade chicken soup and an alternation of Ferrum phos 6x and Nat mur 6x. Colds are ushered in with watery eyes, clear running nose and sneezing. They come on slowly.

The flu is a different story all together. When the flu hits, we feel like we have been hit by a truck. In the classes and workshops I teach, I emphasize "D" words (for the sake of memory) associated with the remedy Gelsemium. A Gelsemium flu has the following symptoms: droopy, dragging, dusky (face color is purplish), depressed, dazed, dizzy, dread (worse form), anticipatory diarrhea, dullness, diplopia (double vision). If any of these prevail, you have a match!

Each time I take a phone consultation with someone experiencing the flu, I ask that they call me on my voice mail and let me know if Gelsemium helped so that I can use that information to help others. Last week I recorded 15 call-backs of success! My mother was one of those calls. She called me from Florida and reported that she had a sore throat, mild fever and had been in bed for a day and a half. I worked all day Monday and Tuesday, so we did not speak for two days. By Wednesday, I checked in on her, and she was worse. She feared she might be headed toward pneumonia and that it was going to be many weeks before she recovered. The symptoms had changed. She said her eyes were drooping, she was dragging, and she was down. Well, those were enough "Ds" for me! I prescribed two doses of Gelsemium 30C taken three hours apart and asked her to call me back in 6 hours. I did not want to wake her with my phone call. Often the correct remedy results in much needed sleep. At 11pm, I received the call from her that I awaited. "I feel great!" she laughed."After the first dose, I slept like a baby and awoke with a new lease on life. My energy has returned and so has my desire to get out." Additionally, she reported the fever and sore throat gone. What remained was the onset of cold-like symptoms... runny nose, sneezing and a productive cough. That's the level of illness we can live with.

Next, I prescribed Calc Phos 6X alternating with Ferr phos 6X for convalescence. Now, when I suggested she drink homemade chicken soup, it made sense because she had the energy to do it. The following day, my mother called me to tell me she was going out to buy curtain rods!

Dizzie Gillespie, the famous jazz/bebop trumpet player, once said, "There've been two revelations in my life; the first was bebop, and the second was homeopathy." Every day, my belief in this God-given medicine is renewed through my many beloved clients and in my personal life. I want to pass this revelation on to all.


Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom, is certified classical homeopath who teaches and consults with moms the world over via phone and SKYPE.

For a free download of 10 Toxins and How to Antidote Them With Homeopathy go to www.homeopathyworks.net and find it on the “Free Downloads and Articles” section of the homepage. Joette is available for a free 15 minute conversation to see if homeopathy is a fit for your, or your child’s, health strategy.


The information provided in this article is for educational purposes only and may not be construed as medical advice.
The reader is encouraged to make independent inquires and to seek the advice of a licensed healthcare provider.