5 Tips for Successful Breastfeeding

5 Tips for Successful Breastfeeding

Going into a new breastfeeding relationship, many women are excited and focused on the bonding time they will experience with their new baby. However, a few days, weeks, or months in, the whole repetitive experience starts to wear on new moms. They find themselves...
Back-to-School, Back to Germs

Back-to-School, Back to Germs

If you are like many people, your children just returned to school this week, or they will be soon. Along with this transition comes the stress of hectic, early mornings, the hustle of after school activities, and the time pressure of homework. Guess what else comes...
How Do You Talk to Your Kids About Sex

How Do You Talk to Your Kids About Sex

If you spend any time at all in a parenting group or around other parents, conversation about the dreaded sex talk is sure to pop up. How do you talk to your kids about sex and specifically where babies come from? Don’t fear dear parent, you CAN talk to your kids...
Why We Torture Our First Born Child

Why We Torture Our First Born Child

When all parties are taken into account, I am the oldest of nine children.  I’ll give you a minute to let that sink-in here in the twenty-first century.  My mom either completely raised, or played a significant role in raising six of those children.  Like many...