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)
Are you new to using a breastpump? Pumping breastmilk seems pretty simple, but knowing a few tricks can help you get a lot more milk. In some cases, knowing how…
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…
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…