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NFP: The methods and the madness
Never one to resist a pun. I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while, but I wanted to have a few months (a year maybe, now?) under my belt before going and saying something crazy…
A good mother does _____
This morning, while preparing to host a dear (and newly repatriated to America, yay!) friend and her two young boys, I hastily wiped down a sticky kitchen counter and swept a handful of breakfast stragglers into my…
Why we chiro
All four kids are asleep and it’s still 30 minutes till my 8:45 bedtime so…why not blog about it? I wanted to take a minute to shout out to a very special doctor in my life, and…
Bringing home bebe: Surviving week 1
I promise I’ve been percolating a birth story for you fine people, but mostly I’ve been breastfeeding. Which does not lend itself to much higher-level cognition or, actually, typing. Let me preface this by saying that little…
What’s in your {hospital} bag?
At the risk of becoming hopelessly and irrevocably preggie-centric around here, I thought it both necessary and worthwhile to list out some of the goodies making their way into my as-yet-unpacked hospital bag for round 4 of…
Why I Don’t Believe in Parenting Styles
Once upon a time I was newly married and freshly pregnant with our first little bundle of joy, and I had all kinds of plans and ideas for how we were going to raise him. For starters,…
Jesus doesn’t care about your epidural
… At least not any more or any less than He cares about your harrowing trip to the dentist sans novocaine, your half marathon finished under 2 hours with a stress fracture in your tibia, or your…
7QT: Whole 30 update, baby milestones, and 100% more bacon
1. Can I just start out by saying thank you again for the overwhelming flood of love and support this little blogger received thanks to my pity party of a post on Monday? Well, I’m grateful. And…
7QT: training, nursing babies, and my new momiform
1. The momiform. Here ’tis, folks. At the tender age of 31, I think I’ve finally settled on a daily uniform that doesn’t involve obvious amounts of spandex and/or sweat-wicking performance fabrics. Flats, studs, skinnies, flowy top,…
7QT: Thrifting, non-pregnant nesting, and the epic saga of breastfeeding woes continues
Ciao, tutti. It’s time for another rousing rendition of what’s going on inside Jenny’s nursing bra. Just kidding. Well, mostly. How about 7 quick takes mostly unrelated to lactation? Mostly. 1. I must have caught something from…
