From the monthly archives:

October 2008

Furnis– the doll for every child

October 30, 2008

Due to the variety of races in our household and lives, I wanted to find my son a doll that would better represent a side of his race that is less prominent. We do not try to isolate ourselves, but when I look around. Most of our friends are white. Some are black, don’t get […]

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Pedipeds Shoes – Review and Giveaway!

October 28, 2008

Until he was getting around on his feet rather than his knees, my son only wore shoes on special occasions. In fact, he’s the only barefoot ragamuffin in our big family photo from last Christmas. Apparently his cousins have more refined sartorial tastes. But once he started cruising, I saw why my […]

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Holztiger wooden toys

October 26, 2008

Holztiger is a German toy company that makes brightly colored, hand-carved, hand-painted animal figurines.  There are hundreds of animals to choose from, many available in varied poses, so your child can have a herd of cows, a clowder of cats, or a gaggle of geese.  There are over a dozen trees, a barnyard, and even […]

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More on attachment parenting

October 24, 2008

I’ve made my guest blogging debut over on the Attachment Parenting International blog, API Speaks, writing about What Presence Means to Me.  A preview:
I can’t count the number of times that someone has told me that I need to get out of the house without my son.  I’ve been told to get a regular babysitter or […]

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Glueckskaefer wooden puzzles

October 20, 2008

Something else I ran across in Nikolai-Eck during my visit to Leipzig, were Glückskäfer nesting toys.  These are beautiful, German produced, heirloom quality, wooden nesting puzzles.  Glückskäfer has been in business for over 60 years and believes in producing quality over quantity.  For German speakers, they’re available from the Glückskäfer website in Germany.  They’re also […]

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Pregnant in Germany

October 17, 2008

Now that I am finally an “International Mama,” and not just a soon-to-be-mama, I finally feel qualified to add my 2 cents to the blog! Our girl arrived almost five weeks ago and is already wondering where her sausage and beer are (or at least, that’s how I interpret her crying).
Having never been pregnant before, […]

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Introducing our Worldwide Store Directory

October 17, 2008

We’ve got a new feature here at Mamas Worldwide. If you look under Resources > Store Directory, you will find a list of online shops, organized by where they ship to. It’s just in the beginning phases, and is heavily stacked toward shops shipping to Europe/Germany (since I just went through my bookmarks), […]

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Book Review: Good Nights

October 16, 2008

While I’m not working towards becoming a group leader for an Attachment Parenting International Support Group (at least not until I have a lot more parenting experience), I did find their required reading list interesting and immediately picked a book that I want to read from each of the categories.  I ordered a couple of […]

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Janoschik Toys

October 14, 2008

Last week, I found the most amazing toys in a religious run shop, Nikolai-Eck, at Nikolaikirchhof in Leipzig (if you’re in the area, definitely pay it a visit). I’ll post about them over the next few days. First up is Janoschik Toys (German site, English site).

These are seriously cute wooden toys in the shapes […]

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How “socialism” helps me give my child presence

October 12, 2008

In addition to being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it’s also Attachment Parenting month. The theme of this year’s Attachment Parenting month is “Giving our Children Presence.” API Speaks, the blog of Attachment Parenting International, is holding a blog carnival of presence to bring awareness to how we can give our children our presence in the […]

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