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5 Great Ways to Lose Your Post-Partum Pooch

5 Great Ways to Lose Your Post-Partum Pooch

It’s the last few weeks before your due date and your mirror shows you a body the size of an elephant staring back – that is, unless you’re one o...

Our Birth Story | Part 1

The Perfect Birth Plan How I envisioned my birth story: midwife, labor at home if possible with a natural water-birth. We all have the expectations...

The Best Bedtime Routine

They say a baby with a routine is a happy baby…and I am a believer! I have only been doing this mom thing now for a little over 2 months, so I am n...

Millie's Top Three Swaddles

When we were preparing for Amelia, one of the main things that worried me was how we will know she is warm enough at night? How many layers will we...

The Day Our Adventure Began

Millie’s story began over 8 weeks ago. My heart had been set on our due date, August 22 and now that I was one week past our due date I was beginni...

5 Top Kid-Threats Used in our Home (That I swore I’d never use)

Here they are in no particular order: 1. Do you want to go to bed? (And it’s only 8am) - this one is also repeated daily.2. If you don’t stop (ente...

What Your Child's Dreams REALLY Mean!

So many possibilities! It could be their dreams or fantasies for the future. Or the dream they had last night. It could be a recurring nightmare th...

5 Strategies to Make the Minutes With Your Kids Count

How to make your minutes count is a great goal, but do you find that the realities of family, work and home often throw your carefully crafted pl...

Sleep Deprivation Got You Down??

If you’re like just about every other parent out there, you’re probably feeling at least a little sleep deprived. It’s a challenge, particularly wh...

Sulfates – What They Are Doing to You and Your Family

Does all this talk about sulfates, surfactants and suds have you in a lather? What to do since those culprits Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) and S...

What to Do When Your Child Hates His Teacher

It’s the beginning of a new school year and odds are that you’ll be dealing with anxious questions like “Mom, what do I do if my teacher doesn’t li...

Bad Parenting – Why We All Do It, Deny It and Beat Ourselves Up About It

Sounds like a pretty depressing topic, doesn’t it? Bad parenting is something we most often attribute to uncaring, unfeeling, mainly underprivilege...

Three Strategies to Keep Your Kids From Sucking You Dry

You know the feeling. You finally have a few minutes to yourself, you sink down into your chair and feel as empty and dried out as an old cornhus...