I recently have been asked by some readers to explain what I did to get Penelope to comfort nurse at 5 months. Here is Penelope latched on nursing for the first time since she was a newborn. The day before she turned 5 months old. I am STILL not ready to tell our story in …Continue Reading »
Benefits of Baby Yoga
December 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From the book, Itsy Bitsy Yoga, by Helen Garabedian, the Top Twelve Reasons Why Babies and Toddlers Need Yoga: 1. To help them sleep better and longer 2. To improve digestion and ease gas pain 3.To turn fussiness into happiness 4. To promote a healthy, physically fit lifestyle 5.To strengthen the parent-child bond 6. To …Continue Reading »
Penelope’s 1st Birthday!
December 29, 2010 By 9 Comments
Penelope’s 1st Birthday had no real theme, other than the colors yellow and teal. I originally wanted to do a Fall colors theme and go off the colors of mums, like purple, orange and lime green. But then I saw this fabric and fell. in. love. Here is the birthday girl in the dress I …Continue Reading »
Fermented Lemonade
December 27, 2010 By 5 Comments
After Penelope’s first birthday, I had a dozen organic lemons left over, that I had used as decoration. I planned to make regular lemonade from scratch and then happened to find this post about how to make fermented lemonade and I was so happy to give it a try! Fermenting adds enzymes and probiotics to …Continue Reading »
Handmade Birthday Invitations
December 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
These were a little time consuming to make, but so worth it. They were really adorable. They weren’t hard to make by any means, just several steps involved. First I bought a package of teal cards and matching envelopes at Micheal’s. Then I cut out squares of two different fabrics. I used pinking sheers so …Continue Reading »
Doggie Troubles
December 23, 2010 By 8 Comments
Meet Sky. He looks pretty sweet, huh? Well, don’t let him fool you, we are having major dog issues in our house. Sky, is a pitbull, read: highly emotional, is acting out like an angry toddler, but he is almost 9 years old. Peter came home today early, and upon arrival, he went straight to …Continue Reading »
Last Minute Homemade Gift Ideas
December 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
Like you don’t have 5 million other things to be doing right now, but JUST in case, here are few super cute, last minute, homemade, and best of all, EASY and CHEAP gift ideas. These are some organic sugar body scrubs I made. Here is the full tute here. It was very easy. I put …Continue Reading »
Barefoot Books GA Review and Giveaway!!
December 20, 2010 By 22 Comments
Oh. My. Goodness. Get ready for this, Mama’s!! I had to contain myself when I opened up my little green bag, because I was out in public, but I wanted to squeal with delight, when I saw what goodies were bestowed to Penelope through our newest sponsor, Barefoot Books GA. This is what Celeste, the …Continue Reading »
Sunday Surf 12.19.10
December 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Great little post about exactly what Attachment Parenting is. Interesting article about giving up grains completely. Someone posted it to my Facebook page, after I posted my article about inflammation. Currently, I buy sprouted bread, tortilla’s and pasta and make my own tortilla chips, but I still eat non-sprouted grains sometimes and need to get …Continue Reading »
The Enemy Inside You: Inflammation
December 15, 2010 By 2 Comments
I recently read an article in Women’s Health magazine that I wanted to summarize and share with you, because it was such a great article. It’s about inflammation. Not the kind of inflammation you get when you get a swollen knee from running, but the kind that is chronic and all over your body. And …Continue Reading »
