So, someone you know or just met is having a baby or just had a baby. Here on some tips to keep them from possibly harming you from saying or doing the exact wrong thing. My editor (The Pastor) has insisted I put up some disclaimers to avoid hurt feelings- yours and mine. **Disclaimer #1- …
Pippin- A Birth Story
This is a post about pregnancy and birth- from a mom's perspective. If you're not down with that, leave now! Quick! My pregnancy with Pippin was going extremely well. I was planning a home birth with some lovely midwives. I even got a water birth tub from a friend, thinking maybe water wouldn't make me …
2014 Books In Review
I'll admit it, I did not read very much in 2014. I honestly don't know what happened. I just had a slow reading year. I ended up reviewing a bunch of non-book products (crib sheets, stroller, baby carriers, vacuum, toys, etc.). But I did read, on average more than one book per month. Here they …
2013 Books
I wanted to read more in 2013. I really did. But then it just didn't happen. Something about having a baby threw my number of books read this year way, way down. Boo. 4 out of 5 stars I read this book last January in an attempt to organize my house again. I never ended …
Support A Breastfeeding Mom
The Surgeon General came out on Thursday and released a statement about how to encourage and better support breastfeeding moms. Of course, most of the actions mentioned were community and employer type things. All of those things are great, but what exactly is "family support"? How can people in a community support breastfeeding outside the …
Pope Pius XII – On Breastfeeding
I got the following article from ccli.org. The following is taken from Pope Pius XII’s address to the Women of Italian Catholic Action, a group of midwives, October 26, 1941. Mothers, your sensibility is greater and your love more tender. Therefore, you will keep a vigilant eye upon your babies throughout their infancy, watching over …
Notes From the Parsonage 