Welcome! This group is for practicing Catholic Mamas or moms-to-be who lean toward "alternative" choices in their parenting style. This list is for Attachment Parenting Mamas, Natural Living Mamas, Crunchy Mamas to Slightly Crispy Mamas, and anything in between.

Our members adhere to the general principles of Attachment Parenting. Attachment parenting is being attached to your child mentally, physically, emotionally. Attached parents bond with their child early. They get to really know their child, they learn to read their child's cues and they respond to them with empathy. They don't leave their child to cry. They breastfeed their child on demand and practice child-led weaning. They wear their child in slings, infant carriers, hip carriers, or backpacks. They give their child all the closeness he needs to feel secure and loved. They share sleep. They believe in gentle guidance and loving discipline. Finally, they believe in their child's basic and intense need for a full time mother in the first few years of life."

This is a list for support, info, ideas, and spiritual growth in our Catholic Faith. Discussion may include (but certainly is not limited to) attachment parenting, family bed, pregnancy and birth, homebirthing, breastfeeding, cloth diapering, no-vax or selective vaccinations, natural health, homeschooling, gentle discipline, natural family planning and generosity in the service of life, marriage, woman's role, Biblical parenting, and DEFINITELY *Catholicism*...any topics that are related to the family, women, or spirituality are topics we will discuss!

No "Catholic Bashing" will be tolerated and this list will be maintained in full obedience to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.

This is a NO LURKING list.