Natural Child Online Magazine

	Ask Naomi Aldort: Preschool or Not? What do you recall from age four? If you are like most, you remember close to nothing. What you recall are feelings, sensations, faces and fragments of visuals. Nothing you know today relies on what you learned in these early years in a class or a school. Instead, it relies on how you felt about yourself. Read more from Natural Life magazine.		Welcome to Natural Child, an online magazine about green, healthy living from pregnancy through birth and early childhood. Visit Natural Child magazine on Facebook and join the conversation (or start your own). Read More: Balancing a family and a home business Night Weaning a Toddler Bye-Bye Big Ball Stretch Your Organic Spending Power Breastfeeding Pain is Not Normal Wind and Rain Small Space Pets Nurturing the Playful Mind Dealing with Tantrums
	Petitioning the Government to Support Breastfeeding INFACT Canada and INFACT Quebec are asking for your help. They are urging people to sign the Canadian Breastfeeding Protection Petition, which calls for action on improving breastfeeding support for mothers and babies across the country. Read more.
	Green Baby Showers Baby showers are celebrations of new life, and should naturally be as green and healthy as possible. Here are some innovative tips for hosting a shower that focuses on celebrating rather than consuming. Read more.
	Gluten-Free For a celiac child, health means surviving gluten-free in a gluten-filled world. Eliminating gluten from your child's diet can be a challenging task. But once you learn the basics of gluten-free living, your wholefamily will feel better and enjoy the taste adventures that await. Read more from Natural Life magazine.
	Define Blue Everyone, whether they admit it or not, has had normal feelings of doubt, selfishness, fear and incompetence, both during pregnancy and after delivery. It’s okay if you don’t feel the “joy” in childbirth. It’s also okay if you don’t fall instantly in love with the screaming infant they hand you in the delivery room. For some, love takes time. Read more.
	Sleeping With Your Baby Cosleeping with a baby is common in many parts of the world. But it’s controversial in North America, where some medical organizations warn that it can cause suffocation. Here is another perspective from James J. McKenna, Ph.D., who directs the Mother-Baby Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame. He has been studying cosleeping for over 25 years. Read more.
	Assessing the Value of Parenting Advice There is so much contradictory information and advice available for parents. One source will say that you should never take a baby to bed with you. Another source says that cosleeping helps to regulate a baby’s heart rate. Some sources say it causes SIDS and others say it prevents SIDS. How do you decide who to believe? How can you make sure you’re doing the best for your baby/child? Read more.