traveling with a baby: the essential list as told by xavier

By Adriel on January 24, 2012 | 7 comments

Everything you need to know about traveling with a baby.

Guest post by Rachel, Wokabout

My little family has almost made a career out of travel.  Jason and I have been married six years and during that time, we have relocated countries…hold on, let me do the finger count…six times?  Yup.  Six times.  I [...]

holy flippin moly. it sure was a wild ride.

By Adriel on December 30, 2011 | 12 comments

Friends, it’s been quite the year.

I celebrated my first year of motherhood. I watches as my baby morphed into a toddler. I lived through a category five cyclone and went without electricity for a week. I survived single motherhood for a month while pregnant with a toddler (yes please, hand me [...]

six awesome reads for new or expecting moms

By Adriel on December 22, 2011 | 12 comments
Booker-78

Need a gift idea for a new mom or mom-to-be?

judah – 2 weeks; levi – 20 months; photo by tiffany

 

Hopefully you’ve got your Christmas shopping finished already – I hate to think of you stressed and scurrying about during the last few days leading up to Christmas. But if that’s you… [...]

little tidbits about… postpartum recovery

By Adriel on November 10, 2011 | 2 comments

[About postpartum recovery: part 3 of 6 originally published here as part of "100 things I've learned about pregnancy, birth, babies, and motherhood" in honor of my 100th blog post.]

29. If you wake up drenched in sweat a week or two after giving birth, get excited about it. You’re sweating off those extra baby [...]

little tidbits… about labor and giving birth

By Adriel on November 3, 2011 | 1 comment

[About labor and giving birth: part 2 of 6 originally published here as part of "100 things I've learned about pregnancy, birth, babies, and motherhood" in honor of my 100th blog post.]

21. If you want to speed up labor once your contractions have begun, use a breast pump. Oh. My. Goodness. 22. Have a [...]

 
  Older Entries »