Parenting Wisdom

I am a man. I like to fish, I like to hunt, I like to shoot guns and hike off trail, I pretend I’m good at golf (and if I played more I could play in the PGA minus...

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I have a spirited child. That’s not to say that she is “bad” or misbehaves a lot, but rather she doesn’t always respond to my attempts to correct her behavior. Quite simply, she has a knack for tuning me...

I have been breastfeeding for years it seems like. Four kids in four years and breastfeeding or pumping for all of them has been exhausting to say the least, but oh so worth it. But let's be honest, breastfeeding doesn't...

The end is near and all the typical pregnancy things have happened– my body, skin, energy levels and physical capabilities have all changed. I understand it’s part of the process and I’m not fighting it. However, when a friend...

I love a good ORGANIC SALAD! And, I especially love it if I don't have to prepare it! Sometimes it can be a challenge to find one when I'm out, but I have locked down a few sure things in...

One of my very favorite memories from my childhood is walking to the library every summer to sign up for the Summer Reading Program. We would bring our wagon and load it up with books to explore all summer...

I love my job. I'm a doula. I get to support mothers and fathers during a very special time of their lives. I get to watch their joy, and be with families during the birth of their child. That is...

I always had a feeling I wanted to be a mother. Those motherly instincts came naturally to me and I found myself imagining my children even at a young age. So it was no surprise I had my first...

I never thought that I would be “that person” who had a hard time getting pregnant. My sister sneezes and gets pregnant. So when my husband and I started trying to have a baby and things weren’t happening like I...

My husband and I are both really competitive. In fact, board games are practically outlawed at our house. So when I saw the San Diego County Fair was having a Baby Derby I knew we had to enter our...

I thought I was done with perfectionism- and then I became a mom. When I began the most important undertaking of my life, everything I had learned about the pitfalls of trying to do something "perfectly" went flying out the...