Buying fruits and vegetables when they’re in season allows you to eat healthily while spending less. The price of fresh produce varies from region to region in the United States, of…
Buying fruits and vegetables when they’re in season allows you to eat healthily while spending less. The price of fresh produce varies from region to region in the United States, of…
So you still feed your toddler at night….. you’re not alone, and don’t panic. If you weren’t ready to night wean until now, that’s cool we are all different. The…
Depending on how old your baby is, and how many feeds a night they have, and whether its breast or bottle, you have a few choices. You can gradually reduce…
Breastfeeding is such a beautiful and amazingly beneficial method of feeding. The benefits are numerous for both mother and baby. It’s fantastic when everything goes smoothly and your baby is nursing well and gaining weight. However, it can become overwhelming when breastfeeding is not going well, and you may need to consider triple feeding. Unfortunately, […]
As someone who has been chugging along at this parenting gig for over 14 years, if I could gift one thing to my fellow moms, it would be this: I wish we could all see that we are enough. That we are doing a good job, just as we are, and we don’t fall into […]
When you do decide to night wean, you lose the breast-feeding hormones overnight. These hormones are Prolactin and Oxytocin. Prolactin is produced as you breastfeed, its production also brings a…
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One of the most common interventions for labor and delivery is an epidural for pain control. There is a lot of information about epidurals, some are myths, and some are facts. So, what exactly is an epidural? Like an IV, an epidural is a tiny plastic tube that delivers medication directly into your body, but […]
If you are “lucky” enough to score an ultrasound this week, you’ll probably be able to see your baby’s heartbeat. It’s ridiculously exciting, considering it mostly looks like some flickering…
Deciding to Night Wean at any age can be emotional for both mum and baby That love/hate relationship with getting up at 3am to nurse or warm a bottle is…
It’s date night! You’ve got a sitter; you’re wearing your cute new pair of boots with your favorite “going out jeans” and maybe even a little mascara and lipstick. Ready for date night and date night sex. Your kids don’t even recognize you when you come down the stairs and look at you wide-eyed, wondering […]
There is nothing like the first time you see your baby smile. Or the first time you catch them taking off crawling and getting into everything. These milestones are exciting – they’re the moments we wait for. But what happens when your baby doesn’t seem to reach these milestones when you expect them to? How […]
Whether you’re a stay-at-home parent, a work-from-home parent, one who works outside of the home, or any combination of these, this much is true: being a parent is a job of its own. And our parenting job description is hard work to fulfill and can be mentally and physically exhausting. While much of the parenting […]
Operation Chill Out hit its first major obstacle this week in the form of cramping. Lots and lots of cramping. Now, I do remember some cramping last time — right…
Sometime around the end of week three, you will officially miss your period, if you’re the sort of gal who pays attention to that sort of thing. (I know before…
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Learning sight words can be a helpful step in learning to read. Sight words appear most frequently in text and are often tricky to sound out phonetically. Memorizing these words may be helpful for early readers to become fluent and confident. However, rote memorization can be tedious for young learners. Fortunately, many fun and interactive […]
Due to the craziness that is Pregnancy Math, by the time you actually conceive, you are already two whole weeks pregnant. So…congratulations! Only 38 more weeks to go. You’re doing…
Welcome to the two-week wait! This is the mind-numbingly annoying stretch of days between ovulation and peestick time. Let’s just get the nonsense out of the way: Exercising won’t knock…
During pregnancy, it’s common for there to be a lot of attention on the baby registry, the nursery, the growing bump, and the birth process. What isn’t paid enough attention to (in my opinion) is what life will actually look like once the new baby is born. The postpartum period. While it’s lovely to focus […]