New Life

January 16 is coming up, and we all know what’s so important about that day, right? Well, the first thing that comes to my mind is it’s the birthday of a friend I had in elementary school. It’s weird how I remember stuff like that, but I can’t remember to get my teeth brushed before walking out the door. Really, the true significance of this day is that last year it was the last day of...

The Shape of a Mother

Last night my friend showed me the website The Shape of a Mother. It is dedicated to “letting out the secret” about how a woman’s body looks while pregnant and postpartum–imperfections and all. Here is the story of how it all got started. One day I sat in a restaurant in Anaheim, California eating breakfast, when a woman passed by my table with her infant carrier in tow. As she lifted it up...

The Babies Are Coming

Babies is a new documentary coming out that follows four babies from 4 different countries from birth to their first steps. The places range from Japan and Mongolia to San Francisco and Namibia. I just watched the trailer and had the biggest smile on my face for the duration of the entire thing. I can’t wait to see...

I know, I know

I can’t just stick with a “look” for my website. There are millions upon millions of themes to choose from, and making a decision on just one has been pretty hard for me. Well, the previous one I had I liked, but making changes within the code was difficult for me. It wasn’t a simple job, because I am not an expert with CSS or HTML. Nor, am I even at the amateur level. I know a little,...

Detachment Parenting

So. Let’s talk detachment parenting. We’ve got these parents that have babies, right? And these parents (the ones I’m referring to) want their babies. These parents maybe even tried and tried again for these babies. But, once said baby arrives, it’s a dance to keep baby content without any REAL contact. I’m talking contact from breastfeeding. I’m talking contact from...