Blogs about: The First Year
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Sharing breastfeeding: celebrities and their progressive ideas about breast-feeding are dragging the rest of the planet kicking and screaming towards sanity. The Hand Mirror is hosting the Ninth Down … more →
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Mama Read It At: PhD in Parenting
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Monika Rola wrote 1 day ago: Our house shares sleep, or co-sleeps, part of the night, every night. We’ve been doing it sinc … more →
Listen to This: New Moms New Babies
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Monika Rola wrote 2 days ago: I am amazed and awed by women who seem to make time for all of life’s priorities outside of ba … more →
And She's Off!
Monika Rola wrote 3 days ago: Finally, finally, finally. My little monkey is crawling. She’s not doing the proper, tummy off … more →
Happiest Baby, Happiest Mama on the Block
Monika Rola wrote 4 days ago: I heard about The Happiest Baby on the Block on a Pregtastic podcast while in my first trimester, an … more →
Stork Craft Cribs Recalled in the U.S.
Monika Rola wrote 5 days ago: Reports are out that Stork Craft Manufacturing, based in B.C., is recalling 2.1 million drop side cr … more →
Breastfeeding Help
Monika Rola wrote 6 days ago: We won’t get into all the reasons that breast milk is the best thing you can give your baby, t … more →
Listen to This: Pregtastic
Monika Rola wrote 1 week ago: I had a pretty hefty commute to work during my pregnancy, which did not go over well with my back an … more →
Safety and Baby Cosmetics
Monika Rola wrote 1 week ago: The Skin Deep Cosmetics Safety Database, created by the Environmental Working Group, is a great reso … more →
West Coast Baby
Monika Rola wrote 1 week ago: Mama loves baby. Baby loves milk. You know what mama does not love? When baby spits up milk all over … more →
Baby Soft
Monika Rola wrote 2 weeks ago: My little one has ridiculously sensitive skin, even a brush with something unappealing to her skin a … more →
Rubb-A-Dub-Dub. Pt. 2. Which tub?
Monika Rola wrote 3 weeks ago: We’re continuing the baby bathing series to try to simplify this sometimes utterly confusing p … more →
Homeschooling is easy, right?
Rebecca wrote 4 months ago: Homeschooling is easy. Just buy textbooks, workbooks, and teacher’s manuals. Have the kids d … more →
Homeschool "Trial Period"
Rebecca wrote 4 months ago: Once you have made the decision to homeschool you have to make the decision of when to start. We de … more →
Choosing the schools we did...
Boarding School Mom wrote 4 months ago: We knew that the school that she had been going to summer camp at was our first choice for schools. … more →
rejuvenation phase?
Sarah wrote 9 months ago: I’ve been encouraged to blog again because of the funny stories I have. My husband said it re … more →
For the love of links
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blue milk wrote 9 months ago: Sharing breastfeeding: celebrities and their progressive ideas about breast-feeding are dragging the … more →
disillusionment phase
Sarah wrote 1 year ago: Apparently the experience of the first-year teacher is so universal and distinct that the New Teache … more →
just a lie you have to rise above
Sarah wrote 1 year ago: I have been so busy teaching and crashing and teaching and then crashing again, I haven’t writ … more →
'Baby brain' bunkum almost as annoying as PMT bunkum
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blue milk wrote 1 year ago: The idea that becoming a mother reduces your mental abilities is such a tedious notion. The notion, … more →
