family relationships

Each woman arrives at a new pregnancy from a different starting point. One woman may have planned for months to get pregnant, taking vitamins, eating healthy, and exercising. Another might be classified as medically obese and is worried about how that will affect her pregnancy—should she lose weight or focus only on eating healthy? […]

Gratitude is the fairest blossom, which springs from the soul – Henry Ward Beecher. The old adage, “Avoid politics at family gatherings,” is particularly prescient for the 2016 Thanksgiving holiday. Some have family members who enjoy political arguments or the ability to get a rise out of those who hold different beliefs. But if this […]

First it was the breastfeeding and the cloth diapers. Then it was becoming a La Leche League Leader. Then it was the babywearing. But this? This??? They just couldn’t wrap their minds around this.