She did the second one as a response to the first because she was so unhappy with the portrayal.

This is what her facebook page says about her blog...it talks about the misconception that she is totally absorbed with her kids.

Yup she's really a great person and I really admire her.

She's also started a non profit in Ethiopia to try to help families stay together. She does other things besides mom-ing, too. She's just advocating for something she believes in on the mag covers. But if anyone did a little research or read Jamie's blog they would see she does a lot of other things as well.

To be fair, a lot of tenets of AP are used all over the world, including in developing countries with a clear lack of privilege. I travel to Sierra Leone (West Africa) several times a year and when I first heard about AP I thought, "Baby carrying? Breastfeeding past infancy? Co sleeping? So basically every Sierra…

ps. Jamie hates "mom enough" as well. I think this title was supposed to be making fun of/correcting the Time article cover. Jamie was very vocal about how disappointed she was with the Time article and the way it pitted moms against each other.

You should read Jamie's blog. She actually couldn't breastfeed her bio kid right off the bat because of health conditions so she has a lot of empathy for people who want to breast feed but can't. She is not the judgey stereotype that people think of when they think of AP. http://www.iamnotthebabysitter.com/

I follow Jamie's blog and she is an amazing person. I really admire her.

Yeah this definitely would've encouraged me

For hair i love Paul Mitchell's Awapui (spelling?) deep conditioner.

Sorry I accidentally submitted that comment before I was finished. Oops.

I think, for me, if there was a way I would always prefer that women are not faced with unplanned pregnancies in the first place. For a lot of women its such a difficult decision to make (for other women, not so difficult, but for many women its difficult). It would be nice if we could move towards a world with more…

Yeah I feel the same way but I usually only add the caveat of "I dont think its for me" when asked. I wouldnt want to come off being like "I am not one of THOSE women."

Yeah. They want to punish women who dont act in line with their way of thinking.

Right, there are different stages. For example, my daughter's bio dad lives in a village in Sierra Leone so we dont really like, email him or anything. We see him twice a year to visit. He gets photos etc and usually we bring a gift or something. When she is older (if he is still around) she can decide if she wants…

For the record, your attitude about being friends with adoptive parents/open adoptions is insensitive and poor taste. I can think of several other parents and children in the same situation as well as grown adults who know both their bio and adoptive parents. Open adoption isnt for everyone but it serves a lot of…

Maybe I should've been more clear when explaining that situation. This particular friend (who ended up not being pregnant, just really late), was interested in the idea of adoption but was also afraid of the emotional difficulties of not knowing the child and was afraid that if she did place the child in an adoptive…

I agree. Thats why I think that abortion should always be legal.

Agreed.

I know. And I cant understand how some "pro life" people can be so extreme and unfeeling! Like the people who want a mother to have to carry a stillborn fetus to term and then deliver it rather than get the normal d&c. That isnt even an abortion but it reminds them of one so they freak out! I just dont get it.