Digital Wellbeing: Google’s Initiative to Help Families Find Balance
Digital wellbeing wasn’t a topic that even crossed the minds of my parents. However, just because technology has changed many aspects of the way we live, it doesn’t mean our …
Category: Family
Advantages of Water Birth: My Non-Hospital Birth Story
Advantages of Water Birth: My Non-Hospital Birth Story – Although the advantages of water birth are many and well supported by research, statistics on water birth estimate only about 10% …
Fantastic Gifts for the Frugal Mom
Fantastic Gifts for the Frugal Mom – So what gift do you buy for the frugal mom on your list? Frugal moms know that EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS. They weigh the …
I Heroically Saved a Puppy from Certain Death
I Heroically Saved a Puppy from Certain Death (and Other Sordid Tales of Puppy Smuggling) – We accidentally have puppies again. Lots of them! Pixie never has just one or …
Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby [Part 3]
Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby – Several months ago, I started telling the story of my son’s birth. I got a little sidetracked over the summer, …
13 Reasons You Need a Summer Waves Pool Right Now
The Very Best Above Ground Pool – Last summer we bought a Summer Waves Elite 16′ x 48″ swimming pool from Walmart, and I can’t even begin to tell you …
Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby [Part 2]
Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby – I bet most of you are here because you want to know how to have a pain-free birth, right? Who …
Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby [Part 1]
Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby – When people find out my son was born weighing 10 pounds 14 ounces, the universal response is “OUCH!” This makes …
Married in High School – One Year Later – Why Marriage Matters Most
Married in High School – One Year Later: Why Marriage Matters Most – Of course, you know, if you’ve been hanging around here for a while, my oldest daughter was …
5 Substantial Ways My Hospital Birth Sabotaged Breastfeeding – Part 2
5 Substantial Ways My Hospital Birth Sabotaged Breastfeeding – Part 2 – As you’ll remember from Part 1 of this series, I had a hospital birth with my first child …
