A good friend of mine recently moved to another state and became a full-time SAHM. She has 2 young children and a third on the way. She'...

I woke up this morning with a tennis-ball sized lump in my left breast, and a nasty red patch on the skin. Yes, it was a plugged duct and po...

Something is hurting Zari, but we can't figure out what. No fever, no congestion, no rash, no outward signs of any illness or injury. Bu...

While I was editing some photos for Zari's memory book, I put together "time lapse" pictures of my growing belly. Here are one...

I first encountered the idea of unassisted childbirth (UC) about 3 years ago. I was at a state midwifery meeting, and one of the midwives me...

A post unrelated to birth... I recently came across this blog about downsizing and simplifying, called Changing Rhythm . I liked their pledg...

I cut apart a few of our old t-shirts and turned them into summer onesies for Zari. We'll be working in France again this summer, so we ...

What you need: fabric: 23” wide and approx 60” long. I prefer to use medium weight woven fabrics. You can use ones with a slight bit of st...

"...then why is it so hard?" A question many people ask, and frankly I don't have answers to. My own experience breastfeeding...

Just a short video of me trying to get Zari to smile. Of course right afterwards she gave me a big grin.

My new favorite. I just made one for Zari this morning. They are very snug, very sleek, and let the baby face outward. Now that Zari can hol...

This picture makes me laugh...we got a Dalmatian blanket for Christmas from my husband's parents, so I threw our dog, the blanket, and Z...

I was quite surprised by the level of emotion that post evoked, and I wanted to share some more of my thoughts. First, I regret that it turn...

Can I just say I love elimination communication? It's going quite well with Zari. Most days, if I am paying attention, I catch almost ev...

Pictures of Zari, side by side, at 5 days and 65 days (9 weeks 2 days) old. I measured the flag and tabs on the diapers to make sure the pic...

Holidays always wreak havoc on things like journal writing and blogging. I hosted my entire family for the past 9 days. That added up to 12 ...

While we were sitting around the dinner table on Christmas Eve, we got onto the topic of my blog. My siblings have read it and commented occ...

On the topic of breastfeeding, You Tube just removed my video because of "inappropriate content" or other such nonsense. Yep, seei...

Speaking of nursing, here's a video of Zari latching on when she was around 3 weeks old. She still likes to get her hands in the way!

I just came across the Nurse Here Now site. I would like to add a resounding "AMEN!" I breastfeed openly whenever Zari needs to ...