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Being a parent is a pressure cooker. With each child, the pressure increases. It is natural for parents to buckle under the pressure. Being a parent is constant hard work. It just is. Because of the demands of parenting, the work of marriage goes directly…
As a new parent you stand on the cusp of your future. Your little one has arrived safely and you and your spouse are easing (or flying headfirst) into parenthood. Endless family fun is on the horizon. Now if you can get through the sleepless…
Let’s face it: even with our closest friends and family, communication can sometimes be a challenge. It can be even harder to communicate with your own young kids. Talking at, talking to, listening, asking questions, exchanging answers—it’s all a dance. Today over at Keeping Her…
I am about to write a post about how important sleep is to mommies and daddies, and the irony is that I am bleary eyed, and sleep deprived as I type. Knee deep in a cup of glorious coffee, with which I’ve built a tawdry…
Sleep: such a simple thing and yet a complete preoccupation for so many new parents. What’s the magic formula? “Cry it out”? Get a sleep trainer? According to the Welcome Baby Care Professional Postpartum Doula team, getting babies to sleep isn’t rocket science. But these…
Simple as it may seem, there are few things more vital to overall health and wellness than a proper sleep diet—that goes for kids and grown-ups. Over at Keeping Her Cool, Colleen is talking about the importance of sleep, and she notes some of the…
It’s 4 am, you have had a grand total of 2 hours of sleep (broken up in 15 minute increments), your little baby seems to think it’s an acceptable time to be up for a party, and you know you somehow have to have enough…
While many people are starting to get used to the concept of a birth doula as the woman who serves the parents-to-be during the labor and delivery process, at Welcome Baby Care, we find there are still a lot of questions around Professional Postpartum Doulas…
Yesterday, over at Keeping Her Cool, Colleen talked about hunger in our own communities and how to teach our kids to be sensitive to the less-fortunate when they have everything they could possibly need. Click HERE to read. Raising compassionate, socially conscious kids in a…
I remember with some fondness, the first time I was pregnant. You can never redo your first pregnancy. It is encapsulated in your memory as this marvelous (and confusing) time where everything every moment was new. I had never done this before, what new sensation…
