As moms, we tend to get used to rolling with the punches. We learn fairly quickly that our lives are at the mercy of our children - their activities, their moods, their health. We take them to the doctor when they catch the latest illness, but when we catch the same thing we keep functioning. ...
Mom Self-Care
Fashion, Women, & A Century of Progress
It wasn’t that long ago, that women in the United States were required to dress in a certain way. The suffragettes battled legislation in the 1910s that was trying to make it mandatory to wear corsets & hemlines that were only one inch off of the ground. This sounds ridiculous to modern women of ...
50 Questions Running Through Every New Mom’s Head
You just had a baby. It is incredible & awe-inspiring. It is also really, really hard. Here’s what might be going through your head: ...
Planning for Childbirth
Childbirth is an area of medicine that has seen a lot of changes throughout history. Your grandmother had a very different pregnancy & childbirth experience than you will have, & what is even more surprising is that your mother probably also had different recommendations throughout her ...
What Do Those Food Labels Really Mean?
I don’t put a lot of stake in sensationalized media articles, & I try to take a more moderate view of the world we’re living in. Nothing is ever as bad as people try to make it out to be, there is a lot of good in the world, we are not all doomed to a dystopian future. However, I do believe ...