<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Conscious Foundations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Empowering Parents, Nurturing Futures]]></description><link>https://www.consciousfoundations.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 03:41:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.consciousfoundations.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Parenting Between the Lines: What Helped Me Learn to Parent My Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[I kissed his forehead goodnight. I lay across his feet. One arm resting on his chest, the other patting on his bum. He’s kicking, tossing, making sounds. I feel the usual desperation to calm him down so that I can do something else. That was me a month ago, putting my 4-month-old baby to sleep and struggling as usual. I had decided to stop picking him up unless absolutely necessary. He’d gotten so heavy that rocking him to sleep in my arms became so painful that I almost dropped him a few...]]></description><link>https://www.consciousfoundations.com/post/parenting-between-the-lines-what-helped-me-learn-to-parent-my-way</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d2b173c53e2b8fe12225d1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:03:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e55e07_b5470e992dc94d3e9fa60c29e8802760~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marta Burns</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>