7 Ways Cloth Diapering Changed My Life
Without being dramatic I can absolutely say with confidence that cloth diapering changed my life! That one decision I made while pregnant over 5 years ago has paid dividends for my family and not just because we saved a few thousand dollars over the course of diapering two children. You’ll be surprised at how drastically […]
The Family That Games Together…
Fletcher, my soon to be 5 year old, was my first baby. He is still my cuddler and his happiest moments are always when he lays his head on my stomach. He says “I love your tummy, mommy.” and lays there completely content. There are times when he is being difficult and we are both […]
A Robot T-Rex is WAY Cooler Than Boobs {Our Weaning Story}
[typography font=”Cantarell” size=”20″ size_format=”px”]Because a Robot T-Rex is way cooler than boobs we are done. Breastfeeding is done.[/typography] We lasted 2 years, 11 months, and 21 days. The end came so fast that I didn’t see it even though I started the ball rolling. And I swear on my life that I never intended to […]
What it’s really like to breastfeed after 2.5 years
Being that World Breastfeeding Week (Aug 1-7) is nearly finished and I’ve yet to post about the topic I thought it would be fitting to post an update on our breastfeeding journey. [typography size=”18″ size_format=”px”]I forgot to wean him at 1. I forgot again at 2. With 3 months until his third birthday it is […]
Weaning or Potty Training? Which would come first?
[typography font=”Cantarell” size=”22″ size_format=”px”]The question posed by a family member “when will you be done nursing?” was shortly followed by “when is he going to be out of diapers?” [/typography] and I didn’t have answers to either one of those questions. With my first son the weaning came first because I was pregnant again and […]
Oops! I forgot to wean my 2 year old.
Everett’s 2nd birthday came and went and our nursing relationship has remained the same. He is still nursing and I am still letting him. To be honest I didn’t have plans to wean him at any certain age but it was my goal to make it to 2 with him. I wouldn’t have kept him […]
1 Day Longer- We’ve been breastfeeding for 18 months and 6 days- but who’s counting?
Everett has been breastfeeding for 18 months and 6 days. My first son Fletcher weaned at 18 months and 5 days old. I can still vividly remember the moment I realized he would never nurse again. We were rocking together in the glider and each night I would nurse him while doing so to get […]
{Mostly} Wordless Wednesday: Breastfeeding Bliss
I’ve been learning how to shoot in Manual Mode on my Nikon D80 for the past 2 weeks in earnest (inspired by Jill from Baby Rabies). After shooting a few photos of my guy I laid the camera down on the bed and he signed for milk. I crawled in bed with him and cuddled […]
Tribute to a Big Orange Ball
Everett recently turned a year old, but this week marks the one year anniversary of bouncing on my big orange ball. Regular readers can probably cite many references to my yoga ball. It all started when Ev was a week old. That first week was blissful; he slept most of the day and the entire […]
The Reset and Rest Period of Parenting
There is a magical moment in parenting that I like to think of as the “Reset and Rest” Period. This moment doesn’t come around that often, but when it does it gives me a chance to breathe and feel like a great parent (if only for a few minutes.) When my toddler has just gone […]