Breast Pump Recommendation
I have tried several different breast pumps - on an occasionally use basis and then when my son was born prematurely I used 2 different medical grade pumps until he could nurse on his own. I also have a several friends who for various reason have pumped milk exclusively. I even know of one woman you pumped for a year- and her one- year old still has enough breast milk pumped to last another year when she will switch to soy milk!
I have used Medela electric, Medela pump-in-style and manual breast pump. I used Avent Isis pump ( this is a manual breast pump) and the ameda and Medela hospital grade breast pumps.
The most comfortable by far was the Avent Isis breast pump. I have this to be invaluable when my babies were tiny newborns I became engorged. This helped soften the nipple and they were able to get a better latch. If in the first few days of your milk coming in your baby-who previously had no problem- suddenly is screaming and unable to latch on- try expressing a bit of milk- you may be so engorged that baby can’t get a proper latch. Even with a lot of experience this happened to me a couple of times.
Posted by Lisa - Unschooling Mom as Breastfeeding Support, Recommendations for Breast Pumps for Pumping Breastmilk at 2:28 AM EST
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Excellent elementary math skills site.
Online math problems and math games.
online Math Games for ages 3-6 Very good site and homeschool friendly.
a href=”http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/math2.html”> Online Math Games, Math Puzzles and fun Math Skill building site for ages 6 and up.
online Math games and Science. Alot of ads but good site.
Comprehensive list of Math sites and math games at the elementary level. A very good homeschooling reource.
Good online math games, puzzles and math activities. The site is pretty heavy with pop-up ads . Good math content here , though.
Excellent Math games for younger children here. Lots and lots of math related sites and games here and very homeschool friendly.
from Magraw Hill . Some good math games and activities here.
Excellent online Math games- Tanagrams,algebra and more. Some really good games- fun and interseting- especially for older kids.
Interactive number games.
Homeschool Math resources K-2.
Online math resources for grades 3-5 or around ages 8-10.
http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html- Math Playground is an action packed site for students in grades K to 6. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!
Posted by Lisa - Unschooling Mom as Math Skills and Homeschool Math Sites, Outstanding Sites and Resources, Uncategorized at 1:08 AM EST
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Are a good alternative to math “textbooks”. These have been designed with visual learning. Tere are 3 levels ( 1,2,3) with a wide assrtment of titles in each level. Pictures are important because children are natural “visual learners.” Even
those too young to read are able to understand concepts and data presented
in graphs, charts and diagrams. Words are important because kids love
stories. And kids can easily relate when the contexts are familiar and real,
and the math is woven right into the storyline. They can see for themselves
that math skills really are life skills.
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By Jenni Cargill
One day Baba Yaga’s two trusted toads said,
”You are truly terrifying!”
“Good!” said Baba Yaga, “because that’s what I’m here for.”
from The Wise Doll by Hiawyn Oram.
As a professional storyteller, I have to confess my prejudices. I am totally and passionately in love with the genre of folktales. Yes, there are folktales that are boring or overly violent or model terrible values. These are the toad stories and yes, sometimes one has to kiss a few toads before finding the princes and princesses of story. Also, if your main exposure to the classic fairytales has been Walt Disney films or books, you may be unaware of the earlier, earthier and more satisfying versions. As my friend and master storyteller Brian Hungerford often wryly asides, ’There is a special place in hell for Walt Disney.’ (1) Many adults seem also to have lost the ability to decode the metaphors in folktales. This leads them to confuse prince and princess stories with toads and miss the potential in folktales to heal, soothe and model ways of being for their children and themselves, in an entertaining and gripping way. Thus I want to write in defense and in praise of my good friends and lovers.
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My husband mentioned this book to me last week after hearing the author on CBC radio. He was intrigued by the topic and we both wanted to pursue and read his book.
His thesis is that Less than 50,000 years ago mankind had no art, no religion, no sophisticated symbolism, no innovative thinking. Then, in a dramatic and electrifying change, described by scientists as “the greatest riddle in human history”, all the skills and qualities that we value most highly in ourselves appeared already fully formed, as though bestowed on us by hidden powers.
In Supernatural : Meetings With the Ancient Teachers of Mankind“Supernatural Graham Hancock sets out to investigate this mysterious “beforeand-after moment” and to discover the truth about the influences that gave birth to the modern human mind.
His quest takes him on a journey of adventure and detection from the stunningly beautiful painted caves of prehistoric France, Spain and Italy to remote rock shelters in the mountains of South Africa where he finds a treasure trove of extraordinary Stone Age art.
He uncovers clues that lead him to travel to the depths of the Amazon rainforest to drink the powerful plant hallucinogen Ayahuasca with Indian shamans, whose paintings contain images of “supernatural beings” identical to the animal-human hybrids depicted in prehistoric caves and rock shelters. And hallucinogens such as mescaline, also produce visionary encounters with exactly the same beings. Scientists at the cutting edge of consciousness research have begun to consider the possibility that such hallucinations may be real perceptions of other “dimensions”.
Could the “supernaturals” first depicted in the painted caves and rock shelters be the ancient teachers of mankind? Could it be that human evolution is not just the “blind”, “meaningless” process that Darwin identified, but something else, more purposive and intelligent, that we have barely even begun to understand?
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