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…
Dear Mom-to-be, (2)
How can you know that your breastfed baby is getting milk? Because so many parents use bottles and can see the milk being drunk, it can make some nervous to…
Dear Mom-to-be,
Do you believe in breastfeeding? I am very passionate about breastfeeding and very grateful to have been able to breastfeed our 10 babies. I talked about reasons for breastfeeing in…
Teaching Kids to Sleep
Are your kids getting enough sleep? How about you? Sleep is so important for our kids' health and for our sanity. Sometimes sleep is hard to get, though. It can…
Grieving When They’re Leaving
There is a real and unique kind of grief that comes when your baby grows up and leaves home. A few months ago, kid #6 and I were talking about…
Are Twos Really Terrible?
Are you dreading what you've heard about the terrible twos? Before we had kids I heard about the "terrible twos." When our oldest was approaching 2 years old, I was…
To Ourselves and Our Posterity
What freedoms are you thankful for? This month we celebrated the anniversary of the United States of America. This country was set up to be ruled by laws instead of…
Getting Ready for Kindergarten
Kindergarten is a big step for our little kids! It's a point where we have to admit to ourselves that our baby is not a baby anymore. So bittersweet! What…
Meeting our Kids’ Needs
What is it that kids really need from parents? I feel that our true purpose as parents is to help our kids feel loved as we teach them what's right…