A Shepherd Experience
Looking for ideas to teach the Christmas story? This Christmastime, I wanted to give my home & micro-school kids a shepherd experience. I knew we had a fun day coming…
Helping Littles with Big Feelings
How do we help our little kids with their big feelings? I feel a lot more qualified to answer that question now than I did a couple decades ago, partly…
A Mom’s Day
Maybe you are a parent wondering if life for you is like it is for other parents. Maybe you are thinking about having kids and want to know what it…
5 Fam Faves, Healthified
Do you want to eat healthier, but not want to give up your favorite meals? I've written before about our diet, and how it changed for the better over a…
A Fun Day
What do you do to keep things positive in your homeschool classroom? One of the things we do in our home/microschool is to have what we call "fun days." For…
Dear Mom-to-be, (7)
Pumping breastmilk seems pretty simple, but there are several tips and tricks I learned about that from my breastfeeding classes. These are tips that can make pumping easier and work…
Dear Mom-to-be, (6)
Too many babies don't survive because their caregivers were not careful enough about their sleep. Let's work together to change that. This is one of a group of emails I…
Dear Mom-to-be, (5)
This post is about taking care of yourself when you have a new baby. Having a baby is a major life-changing event, and a baby requires so much of your…
Dear Mom-to-be, (4)
This post is about a common question among first time moms hoping to breastfeed: will it hurt? While there is an amount of discomfort that's normal in the early days…
Dear Mom-to-be, (3)
Today's topic is breastfeeding latch and positioning. Latch is super important for baby to get enough, and positioning is important to get a good latch. So here we go... This…