lampan

Both of us want to stay at home as much as possible. One of us have $60k set aside but we hope that we'll be able to make enough money to make a profit from home. Also both of us have parents that would help out if needed.In Sweden you get parents allowance for 480 days (equals ~$30k for us) and also $150 a month in child assistance. We have to emigrate before the child is 6 since it's illegal to unschool/homeschool in Sweden.

Thanks! We'll definitely attend to a meeting in Sthlm and see if it's something for us. Would be great just to meet some like minded people ... Seems like you've done more or less exactly what we plan to do (co-sleeping, sling, on demand, baby led weaning) Well, I do hope we don't have to experience the "very hard" breastfeeding. From what I understand, some have a really tough time with mastitis etc. while others doesn't face any difficulty at all. So yeah, lets prepare for the worst and hope for the best ... Thnx .. like I needed another app Um, my spontaneous answer would probably be nothing, but I guess that's not completely true. The first week me met we discussed how we wanted to raise our kids, then after another few weeks 'our kids' was referring to the same kids And we've discussed it regularly for the last two-three years: if we see a parent facing a situation we always discuss how we would deal with that situation etc. But we've also started to prepare our parents, talked about where we should emigrate, etc; and we follow basically all peaceful parenting advocates out there to get helpful tips and build confidence. So yeah, almost all preparation so far have been to talk and imagine. We both feel that we'd like to read something more scientific about child development from pregnancy-4years ... Thanks for all the answers!

Hi FDR, We, my partner and I, are expecting a tod (delivery date: Mars 2015) and we're thirsty for all kinds of knowledge: How the baby develops throughout the pregnancy and what to think about in different stages, how the environment and emotions/stress-levels of the mother affects the fetus, what to eat/avoid, exercise that prepares for delivery, facts about nursing, how to create a stimulating/safe environment for the baby's development to thrive, etc. etc. Basically anything that you found/could be helpful during pregnancy and the first year(s) with the baby. That is: What books, blogs, YouTube-videos/channels, studies, etc. would you recommend? FYI: Currently in week 10. We're in our mid twenties, have a cat, live in an apartment in the city, don't really exercise on a regular basis but try to live healthy, eat mostly vegetarian (some fish and occasionally meat from "happy" animals), we're going to unschool/radical unschool, mother's a psychologist (father's a passionate bum ). Oh, and we're living in the socialist Mecca, Sweden, where unschooling is illegal, so we have to emigrate (better sooner than later), do you know if we could get political asylum anywhere (U.S/NZ/AUS/Canada). Thanks in advance, lampan