mumma B- i've just ordered this book today, looking forward to getting it.
thanks for the refferal
....soon i'll be able to discuss it with you...
Wonderful Gracie! i really look forward to hearing what you think

I finished the book in recent days, really loved it. It's been great for giving me a bit more confidence and motivation to stay strong in my opinions about baby wearing, co-sleeping and gentle parenting despite all the adversity i face from family about such choices.

I did finally come accross what was a tiny paragraph about homosexuality, and yep she did mention something about it being "caused" by mothering/parenting, but honestly i won't hold that against her. I'd say it was more a case of it being 1975 when homosexuality was seen in a negative light and theories on the "cause" were varied (i've read a lot of bizarre things, even that it was considered an illness until recent years). I'm not sure why she chose to include that, it's not really relevant. She also touches on some other issues including drug abuse and links these back to parenting away from the continuum and lack of the in-arms phase. I think she's a little lacking there in the way of research but once again, i'd say those opinions are a product of the era she's in. We have the gift of being in the current time where we know so much more.

Still on a whole, her experience with the Yequana sounds amazing and i feel greatly benefitted having read about it.