For the past several months I have posted a volunteer spotlight as a way to thank some of the various, wonderfully dedicated volunteers at our organization. It has been a great way to demonstrate the amazing work they do to help API continue to educate and support parents walking along their AP journey.
The following forms [...]

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Excuse me if this post is rambling, it’s written by a very tired mammy. One who only went to bed at half 4 this morning and who got up again at 9. But it’s nowhere near the sheer exhaustion I remember from the first few weeks of Littlepixie’s life, this is just regular tiredness, I [...]

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Recently there has been a discussion about “time out” technique on a yahoo group. A mother was telling about how effective she finds the “time out” sessions to teach her 18 month old not to bite mommy. Lots of people were interested and wanted to learn more about the technique.
I believe in gentle discipline. I [...]

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There is something so sweet about watching our older children mimic our parenting style with their younger siblings. When our second child was born, our oldest was only two years old and while she was very sweet with her new baby brother, she mostly just politely ignored him. I did catch her gently rocking and [...]

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When my husband and I became parents, we expected parenting to be the focus of our lives. We anticipated that we’d be spending essentially all of our non-work time as a family, taking the children with us when we visited friends, went to restaurants, traveled, and so on. We’d both had this kind [...]

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We are currently growing our API Speaks blogging family and are in search of a few new contributors (both moms AND dads are encouraged to apply). If you want to throw your hat into the ring, please read over our Contributor Guidelines to get a feel for what we’re looking for, then send an email [...]

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Leif at age 4 ½ has really been challenging us the past few months in terms of discipline and authority. Sometimes he wants to be the boss and either tell us what to do, talks back or refuses to clean up his toys or is being very rough with our pets. I understand that this [...]

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Bath time in our house is a social event. Since becoming the parents of a demanding toddler (armed with a growing vocabulary), my husband and I can hardly remember the days when taking a shower added up to a) showering alone, and b) getting in, washing up, and getting out.
In our childhood, my husband and [...]

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As my son nears a year and a half our interactions get more complicated. His needs increase, his desires vary, and his need to communicate grows. When he was a little baby we seemed to speak telepathically, responding to each other’s wordless communications with ease. Now that his needs go beyond sleep, cuddles, and food, [...]

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Thanks to everyone who celebrated World Breastfeeding week with us on API Speaks! I enjoyed hearing different perspectives on the breastfeeding experience and the importance of support. And I just loved Sarah’s hilarious breastfeeding story–I was laughing out loud!
I know everyone’s anxious to know who won the copy of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding and [...]

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