Keep Baby Safe and Healthy with 5 Simple Natural Parenting Goals
If parenting itself has about the biggest and fastest learning curve ever, figuring out how to parent as naturally as possible and keep your babies…
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Labor, Delivery, and Saying "NO"–5 More Interventions We Refuse
I went into my first labor like a warrior to battle, out to defeat the evil enterprises of medicine that would try to make me…
You Can Say NO to Your Doctor – 5 Standards We Refuse in the Womb
To be a good parent, you’ll quickly find that you have to say “NO” an awful lot. I was surprised to find when first pregnant…
We’re Not Just Bodies Walking Around
It seems like we live in a world where everyone thinks they have a right to an opinion about everyone else’s family size (and parenting…
5 Cloth Diaper Problems that Haven’t Sent me Running Back to Disposables with Tears in my Eyes…and One That Might
When my now-husband and I were preparing for our engagement, we looked at a lot of diamond rings. Ever the practical one, I was very…
It’s Scary When Your Child Can’t Breathe (Natural Remedies for Croup)
If croup hits, you want to be prepared. Make sure you have these home remedies for croup on hand before you need them.”My kids always…
Ready for Cloth Diapers? (or not?) How to do it Frugally and Successfully
When I started with cloth diapers (on baby number 3!) just over a year ago, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I…
Finding a Safe Sippy Cup for Babies and Toddlers {Review of 8 Options}
Sippy cups may as well be an entire course in Mommy School, particularly for those going for the “Health and Nutrition” certification on their SuperMom…
A Cloth Diapering Rookie’s First Steps: the Routine, the Laundry, the Vocabulary
This is the post I was hoping someone would send me back in July before John was born, or December when I was about to…
Cloth Wipes: DIY, Free, or Fancy?
Paper or plastic? No, I’m not putting plastic on my baby’s bottom, but the question for grocery shoppers might as well be the question for…
7 Tips For the Cloth Diapering Newbie
This is a guest post from Calley Pate of The Eco Chic, a cloth diaper and green living blog. If you’re new to cloth, you’ll…
Cloth Diaper Reviews: What’s the Best Cloth Diaper For You?
There’s not really a baby step process to having a baby – it’s an all or nothing deal to be sure. You just have to…
Eat Well, Spend Less: What Goes on this Real Food Baby’s High Chair Tray?
You know that meme about how parents’ treatment of pacifiers changes as they have more kids, from sterilizing the thing every time it touches anything…
How to Make Homemade Natural Baby Wipes
Will I be called a hypocrite for teaching you how to make disposable baby wipes using bleached paper towel? Last week a reader used the…
I {heart} my Moby Wrap (How-to Videos)
Babywearing can be a great tool for soothing baby, can allow mama to multi-task, and can be that second pair of hands that we all…
Avoiding Chemicals for Baby Bottoms and Baths
Johnson & Johnson baby soap and Desitin were both among the products I purchased for baby Kimball number one six years ago. I also had…
8 Baby Items I Couldn’t Live Without
Yeah, I claim to be the simple mama. Non-materialistic and all that jazz. Tell my mother-in-law that as she watches in awe as I trek…