Family Fun for Fall Looking for family fun ideas for fall? You're in the right place! I've heard a resounding theme over the last few months from parents in my social circle and I can totally relate. The theme is "life's simple pleasures". Parents are feeling pulled in 100 different directions, none of which seem very...enjoyable or beneficial for their families. So they are simplifying, as am I. This blog will follow the "simple pleasures" theme while helping you connect and

5 Tips for Bringing Home Your Second Baby What's there to know about bringing home your second baby? You have done this before. You are already a parent! Right... Because you have previous experience you may be a little less nervous about caring for a newborn or the thought of bringing your tiny human home to a busy toddler can be frightening. First, let me tell you, you can do definitely do this. You may flounder around to find your routine in the beginning, but after some

Black Bean Veggie Burgers that Tastes Great! A great flame grilled beef burger is hard to beat, but these yummy black bean veggie burgers are not just good, but damn good! In fact it's a great meat alternative that our family loves. These burgers have been requested by several friends and family members for cook outs and family pool parties. This recipe makes about 6-7 burgers. When I prep these burgers for meals I really like to make enough to have a small freezer stash for

When and How Do We Stop "When and how do we stop __________?" This is a question we get asked all the time when working with families. You can fill in the blank with rocking them to sleep, nursing them to sleep, singing them to sleep, giving them a bottle, letting them sleep in our room, etc. As parents we all want the change to be painless for our children and ourselves. For some families that means taking as much time as needed to transition, for others it means they draw

Which animal mom are you most like? Are you exhausted from lack of sleep and gain a ton during pregnancy? Do you move a lot, birth in water, share parenting duties down the middle, or go without meals for youroffspring?! Which life can do you relate to most? If you know more parental animal behaviors that are comment worthy we'd love to learn from you! Orangutan Highly intelligent, the orangutan is the ultimate D.I.Y. mom. She spends almost her entire life up high in the tr

How Babies Tell You They Love You Those first 6 weeks of life after giving birth are surreal, overwhelming, beautiful, crazy, (your turn to fill in the blank). You name it and parents somewhere, in a home not far from your own, have felt and experienced it too! After 6 weeks things begin to get easier as you settle into more of a loose routine. You are learning your baby and your baby is learning how to live life outside the womb. It sounds cliché, but it does get easier! As

Delivery Room Etiquette Wedding and delivery room etiquette blogs are becoming more popular for good reason. This blog goes right along with some of the benefits of hiring a doula to support you and your partner while you're giving birth to your baby. This blog was inspired by the above linked blog! To Rest or Not to Rest Your doula can give your partner a rest. Your doula actually helps both you and your partner to get sleep and rest that's beneficial through-out labor. ye

Authored by Keira Packard Dear Wonder Woman, Yes, you. You with your messy bun and a T-shirt stained with baby food. Yeah, I'm talking to you. I’ve got a secret. Want to hear it? Wanting “Me time” is perfectly normal and healthy. Yeah, you heard me right. Even Wonder Woman gets a break every now and then. In today’s Western society women are supposed to be all and do all; the Wonder Woman of the modern family. We are mothers, wives, employees, bread winners, friends, volu