We just got back from a family trip to France to celebrate my Mom’s 60th birthday. It was one of those trips that you dream about for a long time, and even when you’re on it, you can’t believe it’s real. I am going to write a series of blog posts about the trip, so […]
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I started a tradition in our house to make homemade pizza on Sundays. After making a pizza last week for friends, everyone was asking me for the recipe, so I decided to finally write it up to share on my blog. For all of you afraid to even try, you should know that I rarely cook and […]
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Summer is quickly approaching, and we are spending a lot more of our time outdoors. My little one loves to spend every waking minute outside, and she is also as fair as they come, so I want to keep her safe from skin damage that could lead to skin cancer. I have been searching for […]
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Moms know that there is no real playbook to use. We just try really hard, learn along the way and hope we don’t do anything too bad that is going to screw up our kid. The most we know about being a mother is from our own childhood. We either want to emulate our own mom […]
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As parents, we have a natural need to make sure our child is well fed. When our child does not eat, we feel like we have failed. I knew that I wanted to avoid processed foods as much as possible and get her eating real food like veggies, fruits, nuts and dairy, but I was a […]
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin I was a career woman, always focused on the next promotion. I became a director at a large company by 30. My career was progressing as planned. At 31, I became a mother and my priorities immediately changed. I went from wondering how I could be off work for 12 […]
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin I want bath time to be safe and fun for my baby and found myself questioning the contents of some of her bath toys. I knew that any toys in her bath would end up in her mouth, so I wanted to make sure they were free from any dangerous chemicals. […]
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Let’s be clear about where we fall on the organic spectrum. We are a mainstream, middle-class family and not crunchy hippies. Our goal with going organic was purely focused on health. We care about the environment and recycle, but we were not committed enough when we had our daughter to go with cloth diapers. Food We also didn’t […]
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We live in a 100 year old home that we have renovated ourselves over the past 3 years. My favorite part of the renovation process is getting to decorate the rooms when the dirty work is done. We decided that our smaller second floor bedroom would turn into our nursery and stay a nursery for […]
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During my entire pregnancy, I was focused on having a natural childbirth, free from drugs and medical interventions.
I firmly believed that a woman’s body was designed to give birth and that biology would support me. I conveniently blocked out the fact that my own mother had two c-sections.
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(Almost) Organic Mama 