Meet other Ottawa parents who choose to nurture strong connections with their children by responding to their children's needs promptly and with kindness, empathy and respect. Attachment parenting is about forming and nurturing strong connections between parents and their children. This natural and instinctive approach to parenting can include particular parenting choices, including: breastfeeding/child-led weaning, cosleeping, babywearing, cloth diapering, natural family living or otherwise, bu …

Know a little about babywearing?  Know a lot?  Various people gave me the knowledge and the gift of babywearing back when I was expecting my first child, and now there's nothing better than I like to do than to help other parents do the same. As a parent, I found that using baby carriers, like MTs, wraps, ring slings, pods and so forth, really made me feel stronger. Carriers enabled me to hold my children whenever they needed comfort while keeping the freedom and manoeuvrability necessary for ev …

Birth art, as coined by Pam England from Birthing From Within, is a creative activity for pregnant women and new moms to use to connect to their motherhood journey and explore aspects of it. No art experience is necessary. The Birth Art Cafe is a weekly meeting of pregnant women and new moms to connect make art together. Here is a short video that shows more than words can say, what to expect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Xbk_604N0&feature=related If you are a birth professional or mother pa …