By The Welcome Baby Care Doulas The little plastic plugs that go in the light sockets, those annoying hooks you thread through the handles of your kitchen cabinets, a gate to barricade the stairs—that should cover it, right? Most parents, when nearing the end of…
Today at her blog Keeping Her Cool, Colleen writes about how plans fit (or don’t fit) into the pregnancy and postpartum phases. Check it out here. Your Birth Plan. At Welcome Baby Care we definitely encourage pregnant moms to have a birth plan and a…
I have a really hard time paying good money for things that I know I could make on my own! It’s not because I’m cheap (I could stand to be a little more frugal), in fact, I don’t know what’s behind it, but it’s just…
By Colleen Lindstrom Can I tell you something? It is really, really hard to fit exercise into your schedule when you’re a mom. Also, I hate working out. What’s a girl to do, though, when photos of our favorite celebrities and supermodels show us how…
By Jacki Christopher Last week on Thursday Guest-Poster Day, you heard from Katie, a mom who used the challenge and accountability of races and triathalons to get her postpartum bod back into shape (Click here). While you might not feel triathalon-ready, especially if you’ve just…
Today at her blog, Keeping Her Cool, Colleen Lindstrom writes about her latest experience Traveling with Kiddos. Globetrotting with the babes and toddlers is never easy—but it’s worth the experience—for you and for them. Today Welcome Baby Care brings you a few resources to help…
My name is Katie and I am a mother of a sweet 4 year old boy and a spicy (don’t worry, I love a little spice) almost 2-year old girl. I worked in a corporate setting for just over 7 years after college and then…
By Colleen Lindstrom About two years ago for my New Year’s Resolution, I decided to graciously accept compliments. I had a bad habit of saying, “No… that’s not true,” when someone paid me a compliment. I realized that when I turned down a compliment, I…
By Jacki Christopher The latest news scuttle is over the British mother who’s been giving her eight-year-old daughter Botox injections. The question that most of us are asking, after we’ve picked our jaws up off the floor is, why? Why does injecting chemicals into the…
This story was too precious not to include in today’s blog-hop. (See more at Keeping Her Cool.) One of our very own Welcome Baby Care Postpartum Doulas shares her own story of bringing her baby home and how she discovered her calling. Yes, our doulas…