If there’s one thing I know about motherhood and the Internet, it’s that the two pair up with snark so very, very easily. Give a mom a blog and the next thing you know, there’s someone who wants to rip it to shreds. There are whole websites devoted to the...
Look in the mirror. Or just look down. Look at your wonderful, amazing body. Nope, no self-sabotage allowed. I don’t want to hear another word about how your middle has gotten bigger and your hips have gotten wider. That’s not to say that these things aren’t happening, or haven’t happened....
It’s almost summer, and all you ginger-kid mamas know what that means: time to make that summer shopping trip…for sun-proofing your fragile ginger babe! We practiced Weasleys know what’s up, but if this is your first summer with a redheaded kiddo, I — Mom to a Ginger! — am here...
Dear Dads, Hey. Hi. It’s nearly Mother’s Day, and we need to talk. Your partner might not want to tell you this, so I’m going to do you a solid and let you know. She doesn’t want you to make her breakfast in bed with the kids. She doesn’t want...
I think a lot about how I thought my breastfeeding journey would look like, versus what it actually turned out to be. And the more I think about it, I think about how I felt set up to “fail” — and what the word “failure” even means in the context...
Parenthood is full of hard, grit-your-teeth stuff, stuff that makes you come undone, stuff that knits you into a fuller human being. This is a story of one of the smaller aspects of parenthood–not a stay-up-all-night-fretting challenge, but certainly a teeth-gritting challenge. That thing is the park. I know, I...
Written by Candace Inge Although cold and flu season is nearing an end, summer colds are just around the corner. There are still plenty of germs to share at school, daycare, and the local playground. While proper handwashing is one of the best defenses against the spread of illness, we...
My husband is away playing a show with his band tonight at some nerd con. The kids are in bed. The animals are all fed (1 rabbit, 1 dog, 2 horses, 4 quail, 12 chickens, phew!). And now….I have the house to myself. What is a mama to do?! Obviously,...
The first time I saw the Pinterest board of Period Breastfeeding Images, I had to do a double take. Yep, there they were — women of yesteryear all posing either for paintings or photographs while breastfeeding! It’s not just Victorian women, but those are the ones that I find most...
Written by Candace Inge Preparing for your birth is a special time. You likely decided early on where and with whom you are welcoming your baby into the world. Whether you are having a home birth, birth center birth, or hospital birth there are things you should do to prepare....