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I’ll be honest, before I had kids, the idea of a reusable menstrual product freaked me out. Then again, the idea of washing something that someone had pooped on also freaked me out. As did newborn babies because of their floppy heads. Alright, that last one still freaks me out. I was freaked out by … Read more
Planning a Water Birth
Today’s guest post is from Maria, one of my readers. I’m always happy when someone enjoys my blog and even happier when I read their work and find I enjoy theirs too! This topics is near and dear to me because, while I never said I was “planning” a water birth, I knew I wanted … Read more
One Month
I’ve decided to do a monthly “photo shoot” of Twig on her one month birthday. These are her one month photos. I can’t believe my baby is a month old already (two days ago actually)!
Tandem Nursing a Toddler and a Newborn
We’ve made it a month into nursing two and it certainly hasn’t been easy. Well, it’s been easy on one side of it. Twig is a great nurser. She nurses quite frequently at times, but overall goes much larger intervals than Peanut ever did at this age (because Peanut had reflux). She spits up quite … Read more
All About Books — You’re Going to Be a Big Sister!
Today’s guest post is from Gretchen at That Mama Gretchen. Not only does she have an awesome name, but her blog is fantastic! I got hooked on her a while back during her Wool Week and I’m so happy I found her blog! Now she’s expecting her second and I’m excited to hear her journey … Read more
Rachel’s Birth Story
Today’s guest post is from Rachel at The Minimalist Mom. As you likely know from my past posts, Rachel has helped to inspire me to minimalize my possessions and life. Today I am happy to share her wonderful (and minimalist) home birth story. Rachel’s Birth Story: An Unlikely Home Birther If you had asked friends … Read more
Little Sister, Big Sister
(post named after this book Peanut loves)
Don’t Go Broke Because of Your Baby
Today’s post is a guest post from Jennifer at Hybrid Rasta Mama. Read to the bottom of the post for her full bio. Jennifer’s post is about things you really do and really don’t need for a baby, which is of great interest to me at the moment! Simplicity is not the name of the … Read more
After Everyone Leaves
All throughout the first week postpartum, I kept thinking how easy it was in comparison to what I thought it was going to be like. I was staying on top of things, my physical healing was much easier this time around, and emotionally I was feeling fantastic given all the hormones adjusting in my body. … Read more
Collaborations in Art and Breastfeeding
Today’s post is a guest post from Rachel at http://balance.ddtr.net. Read her full bio at the end of this post. Today she shares an absolutely fascinating story of her creation of The Food Landscape, which chronicles her youngest child’s introduction to solid foods through art. In my own experience, art and breastfeeding were interdependent. After … Read more
