Dear Mom Scared of C-Sections, You are now faced with the reality that your child may be delivered via c-section - and you are naturally scared! Your carefully scripted birthplan will need to be drastically modified, the childbirth prep classes were hours you could have spent napping at home, and View Post
Ten ways to Help a New Mom (Visiting Is NOT One of Them!)
As a new mom your emotions are running high and your energy is at an all time low. While you want to show off your precious bundle, you may have older kids at home adjusting to the new dynamics, you are recovering from labor and/ or surgery and quite frankly - having a parade of (well-meaning) loved View Post
Is Tummy Time Really THAT Important?
I am so excited to be working with Claire and Lauren from the Inspired Treehouse to answer YOUR questions about children’s development and milestones. I recently asked my Facebook friends if they had one question for a group of Pediatric Occupational and Physical Therapists. The response was awesome View Post
How to Involve Your Child In Designing the Baby’s Nursery
(Today's article is written by Patricia Dimick, a freelance writer - check out her social media outlets and bio at the end of her awesome baby nursery tips!) When a new bundle of joy is soon to arrive into your household, you'll need to prepare a nursery for the baby. Moving your toddler into a View Post
Does Your Child Need Vitamins? An Expert Answers
I am so excited to have teamed up with Tania Koerber, a Registered and Licensed Dietitian/ Nutritionist and Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition! – How is THAT for a mouthful (ha ha ha – pun intended). I recently offered my Facebook friends the chance to have a question answered View Post
22 Painfully Honest Thoughts From New Moms!
Welcome to Club Motherhood. You have endured nine ten months of wonderful pregnancy bliss. You have glowed, expanded and grown a perfect little human being. Said human was recently expelled from your body – so it’s now “go time!” This is it! Motherhood! You are in the thick of it – and there is no View Post
Expert Sleep Advice: Get Your Toddler to Sleep Like a Baby!
I introduced you to Melissa from The Cradle Coach earlier this week when she answered your questions from my Facebook page. I am now sharing the rest of the sleep questions that you, the readers asked. Melissa, our sleep expert will have your toddler sleeping like a baby in no time! You will learn View Post
Help Your Baby Sleep Longer & Self-Soothe – Without Tears
Last month I posted the following on Facebook: “If you could ask an expert in children's sleep one question - what would it be?” A number of you shared your questions and concerns, which surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly) were along the same lines: "How can I help my baby sleep longer?" and View Post
Pen > Paper > Heart: Letter to a C-Section Mom
Dear C-Section Mom, I know your pain. I never thought I would have a C-section either. A c-section was humiliating in my mind. In my mind I was unable to deliver him, and needed someone else to do it for me. It also meant that I might be limited to the amount of children I would have. I was not View Post
Sell Your Cloth Diapers For Top Dollars!
When your toddler has potty trained and your days of keeping up with the latest prints or seasonal cloth diapers are over, it is time to de-stash. Rid your house, once and for all of your beloved collection of fluff! Last week I reviewed where to donate your diapers. But if you (like me) have told View Post
Cash and Good Karma For Your Old Cloth Diapers
Your toddler has FINALLY reached the stage of wearing underwear all day - and maybe even at night! Now you are left with your beautiful rainbow of cloth diapers, your stash - the fluff you took such pride in collecting over the past two to three years. These diapers share a history with you and your View Post
End Teething Pain Once & For All!
This week's article in the series "How to Love Your Toddler from Tantrum to Triumph" helps you put an end to your baby's and toddler's teething woes. We have had very different teething experiences with all four of our children. I think with prior knowledge comes a sense of calm, and the View Post
Why I Don’t Want My Baby Sleeping Through the Night
It is 4:00am and I wake up for the 15th time since I shut the lights off at 9:00pm and put Jonah in his cosleeper. Who took my boobs and exchanged them for canon balls?! And where is my baby? He normally falls asleep in his cosleeper, and then after he wakes up to nurse the first time, I let him View Post
3 Things to do to Prepare for the End! – The End of Maternity Leave!
As we all know, all good things must come to an end - and so it is, that I am facing just another three weeks of maternity leave. Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely blessed and fortunate to get a total of 16 weeks with my baby. Our time together is not something I take for granted, nor is it View Post