This is the second of a five-part blog series titled, “Get Your Body Back After Baby” which is based on a past School of Mom Facebook chat session, where I discussed “Five Tips to Get Your Body Back After Baby”. The following is taken from chat transcript, where…
Read More...{SERIES} Five Tips to Get Your Body Back After Baby – Tip #1: Water
This is the first of a five-part blog series titled, “Get Your Body Back After Baby” which is based on a past School of Mom Facebook chat session, where I discussed “Five Tips to Get Your Body Back After Baby”. The following is taken from chat transcript, where…
Read More...Cloth Diapers: My Experience
I have two sons, Jonathan and Ben, ages 6 and 1. With Jonathan, we used disposables, and Ben was our cloth diaper baby. I want to mention here that this is not a dedicated/sponsored post, and I am neither for or against cloth diapers. I’m sharing my…
Read More...My Breastfeeding Story
I had been thinking about writing this for a while, and with the latest study that’s making Facebook news, I think the timing is right. I have two sons, ages 6 and 1, both breastfed. I myself was breastfed for 3 months, followed by formula;…
Read More...{SCHOOL OF MOM} Get Your Body Back After Baby!
School of Mom got off to a great start this year! I was so honoured when Connie, Founder of Modern Mama, asked me to be the featured expert for January’s School of Mom. For those of you who don’t know, School of Mom is a live,…
Read More...{GUEST POST} How Much Sleep Do Babies Need?
By: Heather Plante, Soothing Angels. I was recently asked, “What is the most common issue you see in babies who have sleep problems?” Of course, there are many issues and struggles facing sleepless families but the simple answer is routine and consistency. Many parents need to…
Read More...{GUEST POST} Why I Became A Doula
This is a guest post by Melissa Baker, CD(DONA) Certified Birth Doula, DONA Trained Postpartum Doula. My Sojourn Through Birth and Into a Doula On March 29th 2002 I gave birth to my first son Roka Raine. It was a wonderful and unexpected gift of life. Finding…
Read More...{RECAP} Our 6th Annual Bump Brunch!
On November 24, 2013 we hosted our 6th annual Bump Brunch at the Holt Renfrew Cafe in Edmonton. We welcomed 40 beautiful Mama’s and Mama’s to be to the Holt Renfrew Cafe in Edmonton! We enjoyed a delicious brunch that included chocolate stuffed french toast,…
Read More...{RECAP} The 10 Rules of Pregnancy
On Monday, November 25, we held our monthly School of Mom online and enjoyed hearing from both Fiona Lang-Sharpe and YayaBaby.ca’s Janelle Baker. Our topic was The 10 Rules of Pregnancy! One lucky winner also received a $100 Gift from YayaBaby.ca to spend on anything…
Read More...Natural Medicine Postpartum Care for New Mamas
This is a guest post by Kali MacIssac, HBSc, ND Ten Perfect Fingers, Ten Perfect Toes Being handed your brand new baby after many months of anticipation is unlike anything you’ve been through before. You count ten perfect fingers, ten perfect toes and exhale – finally…
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