If you are a nursing mama, you have likely had to feed your baby in public. It can be tricky, for many reasons. Baby doesn’t like to nurse under a cover, or is easily distracted. Maybe you just aren’t comfortable with it. All of this is OK and normal! Breastfeeding …
Setting goals and resolutions is a part of starting a new year for many people. As parents, we likely don’t have time for too many lofty goals, but we can set intentions – especially when it comes to parenting our children. If you are making a commitment in 2020 to …
It’s a new year: 2020. A new decade can be a fresh start. Are you carrying around old baggage or hurts? Many of us are. Instead of making resolutions this year, let go of things that are holding you back. It can be stuff, bad relationships, whatever. Here are five …
It’s the holiday season and that means hustle, bustle and very likely – short tempers and stress. But it doesn’t have to be that way! This time of year can stretch the patience of even the most patient (and mindful) parent, we know. There are ways, however, to practice mindfulness …
It’s almost the holiday season and if you are like most parents, you are probably thinking: My kid needs a ton more toys! Just kidding! If your kiddo has more toys than they play with, you might be looking for alternative holiday gift ideas this year. You are in luck! …
There are some things you just know to expect when you have your baby and bring that new little bundle home. Sleep deprivation, for example! But there are other changes that occur that new moms might not be expecting. That doesn’t mean you can’t handle them or cope; but like …
Are you expecting? Congratulations! It’s a happy time. And if you have other children, it’s even more exciting, because you get to watch them develop into big brothers and big sisters. When you add new family members, it is fun and exciting but it can also be challenging for the …
Sniff, sniff. Cough, cough. It’s that time of year: Sick season. If you have young children, you probably feel like September to May is just a never-ending season of illness. And, you aren’t wrong. Young kids get sick. A lot. It’s how they build healthy immune systems! But you don’t …
Breastfeeding: It might seem like the most natural thing in the world, but the fact is, many women struggle with it. Before you give birth, and in the hours and days immediately after, there are things you can do to establish your nursing relationship with your baby – and help …
If you or your partner are in the last months (or weeks!) or pregnancy, you might be doing what’s called nesting. The furious cleaning, decluttering, washing and prep work that happens before baby is born is called nesting and some people believe it means the birth is coming – and …
