After a two week hiatus, DSTB is back!  In this episode we discuss the perils of breastfeeding- or not- while female in this culture, as described in the article 'What to Say When Someone Asks Why You Aren't Breastfeeding', by E.J. Dickson (link below).  Along the way Wendy dishes about her time in and out of nursing school, and we try to uncover the existential meaning of breastfeeding that causes everyone to get so damned worked up about it.  Join us!

Thoughts?  Feelings?  Raging ragey rage?  Email us at [email protected] or tweet at us @dontshakepod.  Can't wait to hear from you!

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/smarter-living/what-to-say-when-someone-asks-why-you-arent-breast-feeding.html

Welcome back to guest host Liz, who brings her take on the mother.ly article (link below) on the impact of affection between parents and children. Feel free to judge Meli for the fact that Kirk now rejects all physical affection, with the exception of play fighting.  No touching unless it's a punch!

Please share your own thoughts, feelings, and experiences with us on twitter @dontshakepod and via email [email protected].  We promise not to kiss you on the L.I.P.S.

https://www.mother.ly/child/how-a-parents-affection-shapes-a-childs-happiness-for-life

Did you miss us yesterday?  We were on Labor Day time!  After a long weekend, join us in discussing a terrible list of Bad Parenting behaviors culled from Curejoy.com, which is definitely a legit site and not clickbait at all.  Come for the failure, stay for the stereotypes and tales of Wendy's first week of nursing school!

Do you have a 2E kid or just generally want to get in touch?  Email us at [email protected] or tweet at us @dontshakepod!

Chores!  Did you do them as a kid?  Do your kids do them?  Do you think they are the most important factor in creating responsible adults?  We read Happy Children Do Chores (link below) and talked about all of the above.  Based on Meli, Wendy, and Nick, you can do No Chores, Some Chores, or Many Chores, and still become a functioning adult. Amazing!

Tell us your chore stories!  Reach us on Twitter @dontshakepod or email us at [email protected].

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/opinion/sunday/children-chores-parenting.html

We're back in action and discussing Kim Brooks' article Motherhood in the Age of Fear (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/opinion/sunday/motherhood-in-the-age-of-fear.html). Meli and Wendy discuss where we draw the line between neglectful parenting, appropriate parenting, and helicopter parenting, and why does the line look different between moms and dads, and between cultures. It's fun, we swear!

Get in on the action!  Tweet us @dontshakepod or email us at [email protected]!

Well look who's back!  Wendy makes a triumphant return to Don't Shake the Baby and brings lots of recent first-hand experience to our discussion of parenting fails while traveling.  How do you spend a month with your family in close quarters without murdering them, Meli wants to know!

Have tips on how to travel without bloodshed?  Tweet us @dontshakepod or email us at [email protected]!

Our final guest host episode before the Return of Wendy features Meli's own beloved, Matt, to talk about the struggles and unexpected benefits of being a special needs parent.  When it comes to Spock, it definitely takes the whole village.

Have a story of your own to share?  Agree or disagree with our take?  Let us know!  Email us at [email protected], or tweet us @dontshakepod.

After suffering through the debacle of the Lost Episode, Leigh is here to join Meli in discussing how We Are All Doing It Wrong.  We discuss the hills parents seem willing to die on when arguing online, and all the ways we personally are doing parenting wrong.  Be sure to stick around for the fun exterminator/bug discussing at the end!

Have thoughts to share?  Tweet us @dontshakepod or email us at [email protected]!

Welcome to guest host Charmaine, who opened a few bottles of wine with Meli so we could talk Snowflake parenting and the role of culture and privilege in the choices we make around things like school choice and discipline.  Pour out a glass and join us!

Have thoughts of your own to share, or maybe a wine recommendation?  Tweet us @dontshakepod or email us at [email protected].  We look forward to hearing from you!

This week, as Wendy suns herself on a spectacular Grecian isle, we are treated to guest host Liz for a discussion about parenting fails as a working mom. Somehow no one seems to be having it all, except for Joanna Gaines and her instagram perfect life, home, and career- where did we mess this up, again?

Like what you hear?  Hate it?  Want to chime in or share a story?  Tweet us @dontshakepod or email us at [email protected]!