Category Archives: B. Family – Baby/Kids

Cutest Baby Contest

Okay, yes… we are suckers for the babies! So when our friends at Baby Kid Expo asks us to partner with them on the Cutest Baby Contest, resistance was futile. We want to see your cutest baby pics… and share them… and gush over them… and have everyone else gush over them too! GRAND PRIZE…

How Achievement is Stressing our Kids

On the movie “Race to Nowhere”: As parents, let’s remind ourselves to avoid OVER-SCHEDULING. Less is more.

How to Party: Birthday’s to REMEMBER

Birthday party planning tIps: how do you make celebrating birthday’s special in your home?

How to Tell… is your life happy or interesting?

I was having a fascinating discussion at BlissDom with Esther and BrenĂ© about Penelope’s post on happy versus interesting. Penelope’s conclusion is that “people need to choose between an interesting life and a happy life.” And it got me to thinking… are these two concepts really diametrically opposed — at two ends of a spectrum?…

How to Measure a Year? Love

Here are our 525,600 minutes of life since the twins were born… condensed down to four. It’s true. What you remember from a year are the simple moments of everyday life filled with l-o-v-e.

How to Prevent Birth Defects

Did you know that January is Birth Defects Prevention month? I just happened to follow doctor’s orders and took my prenatal vitamins with my two pregnancies, even though they made me sick a lot of times. I’m glad I did though because I didn’t realize how important they are in terms of fetal development until…

BOLD SPONSORS

BOLD uses storytelling and the arts to raise awareness and support solutions to maternity care problems. The US cesarean section rate is more than 30%–15% higher than the WHO-recommended rate for industrialized countries…

How to Stay Organized, New Moms!

So a friend of mine recently described me as “Controlled Easy Going.” ??? As in, “I go with the flow but am conscious of what I allow in my space.” Alright. I’m going to admit that is totally and completely accurate. In fact, I will go even further and say I’m a bit of a…

How to WEAR Your Baby Part II: Slingaroo

This is Part II of my series on baby wearing. I hear sooo often from moms in my massage classes that they gave up wearing their baby early on because they had trouble figuring out how to make the sling “work” for them. This video will walk you thru what I show my moms and…

How to: Attachment Parenting and Self Love

Was there a particularly hard time in your parenting life where you judged yourself or one that you felt judged by another? How did you manage it? Any advice for us based on your experience?