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When Welcome Baby Care launched the It’s My Baby blog, the goal was to positively impact the birthing culture with expert advice and real-life experience. After learning of this website and activist endeavor, One World Birth, I started thinking about birth culture and activism and what…
If you didn’t catch the It’s My Baby article on Grandparents this Monday (click HERE), then Grandparent’s Day might have slipped your radar. And with the national focus on the 9/11 anniversary, the day probably won’t get the media attention that it deserves. But it…
Grandparents Day. In 1978 Grandparents Day became a national holiday, thanks to the efforts of Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade a West Virginian who had first had an idea back in 1970 for a special day that would “honor grandparents, give grandparents an opportunity to show…
Yesterday, over at Keeping Her Cool, Colleen talked about making the decision to unload the baby toys, supplies, and clothes (Click HERE to read). What do you do when there are no younger siblings or relatives to catch the hand-me-downs? When you’ve come to the…
“I told my husband I would never have a home birth.” That’s what Leah* said when I asked her if she had always planned to deliver at home. Leah, a Welcome Baby Care client, is the mother of twin baby boys. I caught up with…
I am of the opinion that information is good. Lots of information is better. When you have information, you can make good decisions. Good decisions that are right for you, in a perfect world. But sometimes you make decisions, and life tells you a different…
From the moment you see those two blue lines on your pregnancy test stick, there will be no end of options and decisions to make about your pregnancy, your baby and the health and well-being of your family. We sympathize with the bombardment of choices,…
Today over at Keeping Her Cool, Colleen responds to public school budget cuts that are taking art education out of school. Click HERE to read. What Is Happening: With school districts across the country facing significant budget cuts, schools are responding with a significant decrease…
I’m going to lay it out right here, we had a bad experience with my son’s preschool. But, I am so happy for it. I know, that sounds strange, to have been happy about a bad experience, but I really learned, and more importantly HE…
Recent studies have shown that children with a quality preschool education do better in school, get higher paying jobs, and are less likely to do drugs or commit crimes than children who don’t attend Pre-K. (Credit: MSNBC, Today.com) But no pressure, right? Picking a preschool…
