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Today’s guest post is by Lisa Erbes, Welcome Baby Care Professional Postpartum Doula, Certified Birth Doula, and Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator. She is also the mother of two daughters: Erin, age 10 and Maia, age 8. I have two daughters, ages 8 and 10. I…
FREE GIVEAWAY! This week we’re discussing Attachment Parenting and one sure-fire way to attach yourself to your baby is to wear her. This fun, picture-filled book teaches you the multitude of manners for sportin’ your little bundle of joy. Great for yourself or win it…
This probably sounds ridiculous, but hear me out, please. Before I had my first child, I hadn’t given a whole lot of specific thought to how I was going to parent her. Of course, I knew how I’d do it differently from my parents, or…
According to Attachment Parenting International, “The essence of Attachment Parenting is about forming and nurturing strong connections between parents and their children. Attachment Parenting challenges us as parents to treat our children with kindness, respect and dignity, and to model in our interactions with them…
Yesterday, over at Keeping Her Cool, Colleen told the story of her boys’ inner ear complications, the impact on their hearing and communication development, and the dramatic results of doctor placed ear tubes (click HERE to read). Though parents often assume that a need for…
Our Guest Blogger, Liz works in Children’s Ministry for an ELCA congregation in the Twin Cities. She has a two and a half year old son that you wouldn’t know was born prematurely anymore. She blogs about her family, faith and life at Random Thoughts of a Lutheran Geek. No…
When you find that you are expecting multiples, you are aware from the moment you discover the extra womb inhabitants that a premature delivery is not only possible, but probable. The fact is that the babies can run out of room in their tiny little…
Undoubtedly you’ve seen the photos on the internet of premature babies, so tiny they fit into the palm of their father’s hand, their own little hands no bigger than a thumbnail. For reasons not completely understood, premature births are on the rise. Read on to…
Being a mom is work. Period. The labor of mothering does not stop in the delivery room. However, for the purpose of this conversation, from hitherto forward, the word “work” will mean a task that is compensated monetarily. I’ve been everything, I’ve been a working…
Should you go back to work after the birth of your child? What if they’re toddlers? What is the right time to take up that briefcase again? At Welcome Baby Care, we make it our business to let that decision be your business. You don’t…
