One of my faithful readers and commenters, Chatter Box Joe, sweetly nominated me for the One Lovely Blog Award. It feels good to be recognized and appreciated for something you are passionate about. It helps make it all worthwhile really, like you really are writing for an audience and not just because you think you have [...]
I’m excited to announce that Breastfeeding Moms Unite! is expanding. Namely, I’ve recruited a Certified Lactation Counselor (formerly an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant ICBLC) to answer your breastfeeding questions. She will write the new weekly (or bi-monthly) “Ask an LC” column. I’m really grateful to Melissa Yetter, RN, CLC for agreeing to do this. She [...]
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I’m going camping! While many of you are away at BlogHer, I’ll be camping with the family and a caravan of friends in the wilderness of Strathcona Provincial Park. Since we’ll be out in the boonies, communing with Mother Nature I’m pretty sure there won’t be any way to connect with the internet. In fact, I’m not [...]
(The following story is fictional. Should you see yourself in the Queen then kudos to you!) Once upon a time (as recent as a moment ago), there was a Queen who gave birth to a Princess. What made her a Queen was that her partner called her one, and what made their daughter a Princess [...]
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It’s the day after Easter. My kids are dragging from the sugar overload and crash effect and I’m contemplating eating the rest of their candy so we can be done with it because yesterday was such a zoo of moody temper tantrums all I wanted to do was to shut myself up in a closet [...]
Your friend just had a new baby and you are wondering what you should get her. Those sweet little booties? (Look how tiny and cute!) Some cozy pajamas? (Look at the cute trucks! See those sweet ladybugs?) What about some diaper cream and baby shampoo? (Always practical!) Oh I know! What about a special baby [...]
Over at PhD in Parenting they are discussing the results of the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey. and Ann Douglas at the Mother of All Parenting Blogs who was analyzing the data from the survey wanted to do a follow-up to the results by asking a few extra questions. So Annie at PhD in Parenting asked her readers [...]
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