My son turns five this August. This thought makes my hands a little clammy and my eyes sad. How did we get here so fast? Where is my baby? School is coming – fast. For several reasons, we’ll most likely be homeschooling and part-time enrolling in a school in our neighborhood. This means I have…
➠ Continue ReadingI recently read the book, 7 Myths of Working Mothers by Suzanne Venker, and I thought it was a thought-provoking read. She contends that most careers are just not accommodating to mothers who really want to spend time with their children. But the idea that struck me most is the reason why many women — who…
➠ Continue ReadingLindsey is a new writer for Baby and Blog, specializing in natural birth. See her previous articles here, and look out for more content from her in the coming weeks ? Tell us about yourself. L: I live in Chicago. I am a stay-at-home-mom who works a little bit. I’m a birth doula, and I…
➠ Continue ReadingBy Alicia Barnes, liciabobesha.com We don’t spank in our house. Even with a two year old who has very big emotions. We don’t spank, or whoop, or pop, or beat, or yell. There are lots of interesting cognitive and social studies on the negatives of spanking, but I call on my own experiences for why…
➠ Continue ReadingMy interest in cloth diapering started with a YouTube video I came across, and escalated when I started doing research on my own. Next thing I knew my youngest was wearing cloth diapers around the house. The experience has been trial and error, and for a while I felt like I was going backwards. But…
➠ Continue ReadingBefore I got into blogging, I had a habit of trying different business ideas. The thrill of earning extra cash prompted me to try some pretty random things; selling vintage items on Ebay, cleaning houses, glittering cards for a stationery company, doing online questionnaires, selling natural hair products online, selling t-shirts at summer festivals and…
➠ Continue ReadingIntroduce yourself. A: I live in Los Angeles, California. Every mother is a working mother ? but currently I do not clock-in to a job that earns a salary. I have always been interested in music, poetry and digital media, video production, and graphic art. I am passionate about education, pan-african culture, history, health, and…
➠ Continue ReadingDuring high school, I did a course called ‘Home & Family Management’ and I learned all sorts of practical and useful things like how to clean kitchen a stove and refrigerator, how to make a budget and spend wisely. I really enjoyed writing out menus and creating meal plans, but, my teachers never grabbed the…
➠ Continue ReadingWhen I was pregnant with my first child, I knew I wanted to give her the best nutrition. It started with my diet. I cleared out all the conventional meat in my freezer and replaced it with organic meat. I improved my diet and when my daughter was born I breastfed her. So when it…
➠ Continue ReadingBy Alicia Barnes, liciabobesha.com I know you’re already taking photos of your kids, but are you taking easy steps that can vastly improve the quality of photos? People often assume that the quality of a photo is tied to how nice the camera is, but actually, better photos are taken by better photographers who use…
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