Category: Parenting

Setting all the physical ailments of pregnancy aside, one perk is going nine months without a period. After giving birth, all postpartum women bleed for a few weeks to expel all the remnants of pregnancy. This is called lochia, and once lochia dries up after giving birth, you may wonder what to expect from your […]

Going back to work after maternity leave can feel overwhelming. You miss your baby, you’re readjusting to work life, and you need to factor in the time and means to pump while working. Expressing milk using a breast pump can feel like a full-time job. If you face obstacles when pumping in the workplace, returning […]

The postpartum period can be overwhelming in many ways, even for a seasoned mom. You’re facing sleep deprivation, navigating care for a newborn, and your changing body. Ensuring you are taking care of yourself and being comfortable postpartum is essential. One way to do that is to ensure you have postpartum clothes that you feel […]

It starts with a feeling of panic, sometimes mixed with extreme irritability. You’re stressed out, touched out, and one more “no” from a toddler or kiddo yelling “Mom!” might make you explode. You woke up on the wrong side of the bed, probably because you woke up with a foot in your face if your […]

If you’ve flown with a baby on an airplane, you know it’s one of the least fun things you can do with a small child. These lap babies squirm and cry, their ears pop, and you end up a sweaty, exhausted mess, questioning many of your life choices. However, despite the horror of dealing with […]

If there’s one thing I can vouch for since becoming a mom, it’s when someone says, “There’s no tired in the world like mom tired.” They aren’t lying. A mother’s plate is constantly overflowing with more to do than we could ever possibly have time for. But does it have to be that way? Are […]

Okay, so we all know maternity leave is designed for prepping the house and yourself for the baby and healing from delivery and that all-important baby bonding time. But newborns sleep a lot. Like, a lot, a lot. And you can read only so many baby and parenting books during maternity leave before your head […]

Postpartum. For most, it’s a vulnerable and challenging time in motherhood. We are healing, learning, and evolving into the mothers our babies need us to be. It can be a lot, but thankfully there are things that we can do to prepare for the postpartum period, and there is support to help us through it. […]

Baby yogurt, like any yogurt, is a naturally fermented dairy product made when heated milk is combined with so-called “good bacteria” and left to sit for several hours at a warm temperature (110-115°F). Since yogurt is naturally fermented, it’s a great source of probiotics, the beneficial bacteria living in our gut. In making yogurt, the […]

Everyone wants to choose the best name for their baby. Often, they want it to suit not only their child but also have meaning. If you are expecting a baby, check out this list of the best badass boy names. We broke it up into several categories to help you narrow your search. There are […]

We all have a favorite stuffed animal from our childhood. Mine was Chippy, a stuffed chipmunk (no one accused me of being creative with my names). Chippy occupied my bed far longer than I care to admit. I remember being seven or eight and thinking, “I’m too old to sleep with a stuffed animal.” But […]

During pregnancy, a woman’s body produces more hormones and undergoes various changes. An increasingly common phenomenon with pregnant women is the development of gestational diabetes, even if the mama-to-be did not previously have diabetes. But the good news is you can learn how to prevent gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes caused […]