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The random musings of a vegan, breastfeeding, babywearing, co-sleeping, kinda-hippie, stay-at-home mammy with her feet in Ireland and her head in the clouds.

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• There is a recession coming, less HPP on the interweb, argh!

  Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 08:22 in blog-stuff, children, family, general musings, parenting, SAHM, toddler

  Littlepixie is almost 2 and she has upped her intensity levels! It’s not just with me (in case anyone was planning on suggesting weaning, grrr…), it’s all her favourite people. She g...

• VeganMoFo Day 6 - Bonus Pizza Post

  Posted on Monday October 6th, 2008 at 12:50 in children, dinner, family, food & drink, hummus-pizza, mexican-pizza, parenting, Pizza, SAHM, toddler, vegan, vegan cooking

  VeganMoFo Day 6 So proud am I of today’s pizza creations that I will share them with you all right now. They are both on spelt (storebought) bases, covered with VWaV’s Pizza sauce (the yum...

• It’s Nestlé-Free Week, join in!

  Posted on Saturday October 4th, 2008 at 16:12 in babies, baby milk action, boycott nestle, breastfeeding, children, family, food & drink, health, international-nestle-free-week, Ireland, nestle, nestle-free

  It’s the start of Nestlé-Free week (see I told you October was a busy month), and today marks the 20th anniversary of the most recent incarnation of the Nestlé boycott. So, what is Nestlé-Fr...

• Oh how I do love market day

  Posted on Thursday October 2nd, 2008 at 10:49 in children, family, farmers-market, food & drink, mothering, parenting, SAHM, toddler, vegetables

  The weather was shockingly bad today (bins blowing over in the rain type of bad), but we bravely ventured out to the farmer’s market. Littlepixie fell asleep all snug in her buggy and I was all ...

• Upcoming Blog Carnival at API Speaks

  Posted on Thursday October 2nd, 2008 at 09:42 in api-speaks, attachment parenting, attachment-parenting-month, babies, babywearing, blog-carnival, breastfeeding, children, co-sleeping, family, mothering, parenting

  October is such a busy month in the blogosphere! API launched Attachment Parenting Month yesterday, the theme this year is “Giving our Children Presence”. Children thrive in the presence o...

• TheBreastWay launches today!

  Posted on Wednesday October 1st, 2008 at 08:39 in babies, beautiful-breastfeeding, breast feeding, breastfeeding, breastway, children, family, health, Ireland, lactivism, mothering, national-breastfeeding-week

  Oct 1st marks the start of National Breastfeeding Week 2008 here in Ireland. It is also the launch date for a brand new mum-run breastfeeding support site called TheBreastWay.ie. This site has been se...

• First crypto, now lead in Galway’s water!

  Posted on Thursday September 25th, 2008 at 04:34 in babies, breastfeeding, children, environment, family, galway, health, Ireland, lead, mothering, parenting, pregnancy

  So, last year Galway spent 158 days without clean drinking water due to Cryptosporidium parasites and this year we have…. lead! It’s to do with lead piping in old houses and they have no i...

• Control or the lack thereof

  Posted on Thursday September 25th, 2008 at 01:00 in api-speaks, attachment parenting, babies, babywearing, breastfeeding, children, co-sleeping, family, mothering, parenting, pregnancy, SAHM

  My latest post for API Speaks, inspired by my recent menu planning… I’ve always liked to feel in control of my life. In my pre-baby days (back in the mists of time) I used to work full time in...

• So what have we been up to?

  Posted on Thursday September 18th, 2008 at 16:17 in attachment parenting, breastfeeding, children, family, general musings, mothering, parenting, SAHM, toddler, vegan

  I just realised my last few posts have been very political and interesting to me, but maybe not to all of you So here is a little update on the HPP clan for those of you who are interested in that ty...

• FSAI’s response to my Cow & Gate complaint

  Posted on Wednesday September 17th, 2008 at 13:29 in Advertising, babies, baby milk action, breastfeeding, children, cow-and-gate, family, formula-advertising, general musings, health, ibfan, Ireland

  I got a reply from the FSAI (Food Safety Authority of Ireland) today to my recent Cow & Gate complaint. And just in case I felt even a little bit special and listened-to, I soon discovered that ma...

• AIMS Ireland - Family fun in Galway!

  Posted on Tuesday September 16th, 2008 at 16:14 in aims-ireland, attachment parenting, babies, birth, childbirth, children, family, galway, general musings, health, Ireland, maternity

  A quick reminder to anyone who will be wandering around Galway on Saturday with their little’uns. AIMS Ireland is hosting their First Annual Family Day in the Galway Museum from 1-4pm on Saturda...

• All’s well that tastes well - adventures in cookies

  Posted on Sunday September 14th, 2008 at 11:05 in baking, children, cookies, family, food & drink, rainy-day, rainy-day-fun, vegan, vegan cooking, vegan-cookies, vegetarian

  The weather is awful today, constant drizzle, so we baked. Littlepixie & Mr. HPP amused themselves by making a wonderful flour, cinnamon & water mix while I made gingerbread men. Or attempted ...

• Nestle & Childline - some ponderings

  Posted on Saturday September 13th, 2008 at 17:37 in Advertising, babies, baby milk action, boycott nestle, breastfeeding, children, environment, family, food & drink, general musings, health, international-nestle-free-week

  I was wandering around Rollercoaster today, you remember them, the Irish forum that had their mums2be area sponsored by SMA and that frequently hosts dubious formula ads, like the Cow & Gate ones ...

• I love you this much….. blog award time!

  Posted on Friday September 12th, 2008 at 07:44 in blog-award, blogstuff, children, family, i-love-you-this-much-award, memes, mothering, parenting, toddler, vegan

  Vegan Linda gave me an award, isn’t it so cute! Thank you kindly missus! It has made me all happy and washed away the residue of my anger towards that dumb doctor I saw yesterday. Thank you So...

• Bloody know-it-all dumba$$

  Posted on Thursday September 11th, 2008 at 10:08 in attachment parenting, breast feeding, breastfeeding, children, doctors, family, health, lactivism, mothering, parenting, toddler

  OMG, I am fit to burst here, I just shelled out a lot of cash to see a consultant to get a little patch of sun damage removed from my head. It’s apparently not urgent. So I’m sitting there...

• Naked Peta ads - oooh how groundbreaking!

  Posted on Wednesday September 10th, 2008 at 08:43 in activism, Advertising, animal-rights, children, family, general musings, parenting, peta, vegan, vegetarian, womens-rights

  What is it with Peta and their naked women obsession? Naked chicks on a billboard appeals to one part of a man’s brain and it ain’t the part making the “hmmm… shall I eat a bat...

• Wordless Wednesday - The first leaf of Autumn

  Posted on Tuesday September 9th, 2008 at 16:30 in Autumn, children, environment, family, Nature, parenting, photos, toddler, wordless wednesday

  Littlepixie examining the first leaf of Autumn…and here’s her favourite Autumn song “The Colours of Autumn” from CBeebies, it’s a whole lot of fun! You can see more Word...

• Sometimes the simplest meals taste the best!

  Posted on Tuesday September 9th, 2008 at 13:01 in bok-choy, children, dinner, family, food & drink, Ireland, mothering, pak choi, parenting, toddler, tofu, vegan

  A million cookbooks, a gazillion recipes, but this recipe-free dinner is one of my favourite meals. It’s a no-brainer really. Lots of fresh stuff stir-fried in garlic & served with basmati r...

• They’re at it again

  Posted on Saturday September 6th, 2008 at 16:23 in Advertising, babies, baby milk action, breastfeeding, children, cow-and-gate, family, formula-advertising, general musings, ibfan, Ireland, lactivism

  I’m sure most of you folks in the UK & Ireland have seen Cow & Gate’s latest tv advertisement with the laughing babies. It’s on YouTube if you haven’t (is everything in...

• Made it to the market

  Posted on Thursday September 4th, 2008 at 09:07 in children, family, farmers-market, food & drink, Green Living, health, market, mothering, organic, parenting, SAHM, toddler

  Well I’m still sick but Littlepixie obligingly fell asleep in her buggy earlier which meant that I was inspired to trundle up to the village to the farmers’ market. And I’m glad I di...

• Here a meme, there a meme…

  Posted on Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 at 06:34 in breastfeeding, children, family, general musings, Ireland, memes, parenting

  Cristy from two peas, no pod has just tagged me, ouch! So here are my answers… 1. What I was doing 10 years ago: Hmmm, let me see 10 years ago I was living in Dublin with my boyfriend of 3 years...

• Pretty Boo-boos

  Posted on Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 at 07:38 in attachment parenting, babies, breast feeding, breastfeeding, children, family, mothering, parenting, SAHM, toddler

  Do you and your nursling have a codeword for nursing or breasts? A lot of people mentioned to me that if I was planning to nurse Littlepixie for a few years it might be worthwhile choosing a non-descr...

• We have a cold & a new sling!

  Posted on Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 at 06:51 in attachment parenting, babies, babywearing, children, family, manduca, mothering, parenting, pregnancy, SAHM, sling, slings

  Myself & Littlepixie are housebound with colds at the moment, but the lovely postie-man called this morning with a package for us. Yes, I bought another sling. In my defense though, I am neither a...

• Labor Day labour meme

  Posted on Monday September 1st, 2008 at 16:17 in active-birth, babies, childbirth, children, family, Ireland, labour, memes, mothering, parenting, pregnancy

  So, it’s Labor Day in the US and Rocks in my Dryer is hosting a labour meme (yes I’m spelling it the American way for their holiday but my way for all the rest of the mentions!). I thought...

• Gurls & boys

  Posted on Monday September 1st, 2008 at 07:32 in babies, children, family, mothering, parenting, SAHM, toddler

  Littlepixie has in the last few weeks become very interested in announcing people’s gender. She will wander around the house singing “Mama a gurl, Dada a boys, LP a gurl” (although o...

• Colouring in cruelty

  Posted on Saturday August 30th, 2008 at 16:02 in animal-cruelty, animals, attachment parenting, children, circus, coloring-pages, elephants, family, general musings, mothering, Nature, parenting

  My latest post on The Veggie Blog, reposted here for your enjoyment! It’s time for my monthly ramblings from the world of vegan parenting… It’s been raining, and raining, and raining...

• A little kitchen affirmation

  Posted on Friday August 29th, 2008 at 10:14 in affirmation, attachment parenting, babies, breastfeeding, children, cleaning, crafts, family, general musings, household, Housekeeping, mothering

  My house is still a mess (although a big thanks to Mr. HPP for loading the dishwasher some time in the middle of last night!) so I spent a few minutes this morning making myself a little affirmation c...

• Up All Night!

  Posted on Thursday August 28th, 2008 at 23:28 in api-speaks, attachment parenting, babies, breastfeeding, children, co-sleeping, family, mothering, parenting, SAHM, sleep, toddler

  My latest post for API Speaks, hope you all enjoy my sleepy tale… 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 wh...

• I must….

  Posted on Wednesday August 27th, 2008 at 06:50 in attachment parenting, babies, children, cleaning, family, household, Housekeeping, mothering, parenting, SAHM, toddler

  I must….. Clean my house Clean my house Clean my house But not right now, Littlepixie is napping in my arms, and I’ll share this beautiful poem that dear Isil emailed to me many moons ag...

• Blog Carnival : A Day in the life of YOU!

  Posted on Monday August 25th, 2008 at 03:16 in a-day-in-the-life, attachment parenting, babies, babywearing, blog-carnival, blogstuff, breastfeeding, children, co-sleeping, family, general musings, mothering

  It’s Monday morning and it’s time for the Blog Carnival. It’s my first time hosting one, so let’s hope everyone has a good time. The theme is “A day in the life of YOU...