Pregnancy and Parenting
Support your parenting journey with gentle, evidence-based advice from pregnancy through the early years. Whether you're preparing for birth and postpartum, navigating breastfeeding and sleep strategies, or embracing gentle and attachment parenting, this category offers practical tips and mindful approaches to raising confident, emotionally secure children. From toddler development to overcoming parenting challenges, find compassionate guidance to help you create a nurturing, connected family life.
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Scare Tactics and Birth Trauma – Still Healing 10 Years Later
Bringing a new life into this world can be a terrifying thing without the scare tactics used to persuade pregnant women. This is my birth trauma story.
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Finding Yourself – As A Mom
So many women and girls dream of being a mom. Often we find ourselves, as moms, without a sense of who we are. We lose our identity and who we are. It is time to find yourself. Being a mother is a demanding job. Being responsible for tiny human beings who depend upon you for their basic needs and survival. Sometimes, as a mother, we forget about who we are. The title of mother overtakes everything else that we are, especially for a stay at home mom. Being a mom can be the best title in the world, but it shouldn’t be your only one. I gave up my career as…
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Time Saving Tips For A Busy Mom
Do you ever feel like there are just not enough hours in the day? Check out these time saving tips written by a busy mom! It is all about knowing your priorities. As a busy mom, life can sometimes escape me. Things happen, life happens. All of a sudden, its bedtime for your kids and you realize your house is a mess and you did not get your workout in. Do you sacrifice some bonding time with your spouse to catch up on your to-do list for the day, or just finish it tomorrow? I struggled with time management for years, and honestly, I still do in some ways. I…
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Yes, I Have FOUR Boys. No Prayers Needed.
Yes, I have four boys. Four wonderful, respectful, intelligent, imaginative, and fantastic human beings that I have the pleasure of calling my sons. I am proud to be their mother. Meet Lucas, Jack, Ian, and Walter. At the time of this photo, they were 8, 6, 4, and almost 2. Aren’t they adorable? I especially love Ian’s outfit. He picked it out all by himself and was in love with the tie. They are the loves of my life. My four boys are my reasons for being who I am today. I was grocery shopping the other day. It was a typical Tuesday morning at Costco. The store was quiet,…
