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This week our focus at Welcome Baby Care has been paternal postpartum depression and the often overlooked dad. Today we’re posting a father’s testimony. PostpartumMen.com (included as a resource in Monday’s article on Depression in New Dads, see here), was an important part of his…
By Colleen Lindstrom I have written before about the birth of a mommy (click here). It is a process, and one that comes gradually and with definite hiccups. The birth of a Daddy is a process as well, and one that gets even less attention…
By Colleen Lindstrom When I was pregnant for the first time, I remember having a friend to visit before the baby was born. She took a look around our teeny tiny house and said very definitively, “you have a LOT of baby proofing to do.”…
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…
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…
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 Colleen Lindstrom Perhaps you read my last post about the birth of the mother, or maybe you missed it? Either way, keep in mind as I tell you my story, that with the birth of my babies their mother was also born. Each time…
On Fridays we’ll direct you over to Colleen’s blog, Keeping Her Cool, for a little food for thought and Friday fun. Today’s post brings you her personal memoir of the homemade baby food experiment. At Welcome Baby Care, we do love that homemade baby food…
By Colleen Lindstrom Sometimes I like to take little mental visits to the person I was before I had children. I’d like to introduce you to this woman because she’s a riot. Before I had babies I believed that it would be possible to get…
