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- Birthing from Within — Pam England
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- Simplicity Parenting — Kim John Payne
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- The No-Cry Sleep Solution — Elizabeth Pantley
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- Unconditional Parenting — Alfie Kohn
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Birthday Season!
Well, we did Echo’s birthday a couple weeks ago. This week we did our boy Henry’s (that’s him in yellow fur below), followed immediately by Natalie and Nana’s birthdays as well.Henry got a rambling hike up one of our local … Continue reading
"A Beautiful Place of the World" 