What's new with Ivy? I suppose Ivy is a toddler, not a baby. But I still think of her as a baby. It's wishful thinking to stav...

On Zari's birthday, Ivy started telling a story. It was epic. She included dramatic gestures, earnest facial expressions, and carefully ...

I am passing along a message from a researcher, Karol Petrovska, collecting responses from mothers who planned vaginal breech births (regard...

Zari was baptized today. It was one of Those Days where everything goes awry and you somehow pull through. We spent much of yesterday b...

Most of these come from my mom's camera. I'm usually the one behind the lens, so I love having pictures of our whole family together...

We've spent the past two days celebrating Zari's 8th birthday. Yesterday--her "real" birthday--started with eating pain au...

The city of Nice is celebrating the Promenade du Paillon turning 1 year old. This greenbelt or coulé verte runs through the heart of the...

Ivy loves to nurse. Especially while doing yoga. Downward facing dog is easiest. Sometimes she adds a leg lift

Eric's second book, Hemingway on a Bike , was released last week by University of Nebraska Press. It's a collection of creative nonf...

This week over 200 mothers, midwives, and other supporters marched to protest the suspension of Irish midwife Philomena Canning's indemn...

We had planned on going to the circus last weekend. Our downstairs neighbors gave us vouchers for free tickets, which they received because ...

Liberating . It's the word I come back to whenever I describe what it feels like to not have a car. Being car-free is better for the...

We've been busy this week with Eric's parents visiting. Even though they have close to 30 grandchildren, they are very young (60 and...

We had our visa appointment today at the Office Français d'Immigration et d'Intégration , or OFII (pronounced "oh-fee"). W...

It's funny how quickly you get used to your surroundings. We're in the heart of vieux Nice, living in a building dating back to the ...

The Battle Against Lice a.k.a.  How Dumpster Diving Helped Finance De-Lousing Inga We had a parents' meetings last Friday for Ing...