I'm a mother of three, five and under. I'm a wife to a perpetual student. (Seriously, just graduate already - I mean, "I support you, honey.") I'm a child to the only Father who can claim to be Perfect, and I study under Him daily in hopes of learning from the Best.
I believe in breastfeeding, natural childbirthing, cloth-diapering, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and attachment parenting.
Compared to the bottle-feeding, Pampers-wearing, crib-sleeping, day-caring world around me, I thought maybe that qualified me as a Natural Mommy.
It has no flour. None. None at all. Not wheat, not rice, not tapioca. It’s held together with chocolate chips, eggs, garbanzo beans, and butter. It rises with the help of a mere teaspoon of baking powder. It is moist, flavorful, rich and reminds me of a brownie. With over 5 grams of protein [...]
Filed under: The Cooking on June 23rd, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Going organic can be intimidating when starting from the typical processed American diet. Rethinking everything you eat takes, well, a lot of thought. And it can get pretty expensive. So I decided to break it down for you. The main reason a person decides to go organic is to reduce the amount of chemicals they [...]
Filed under: The Natural Stuff on June 22nd, 2010 | 9 Comments »
The Cow Cake It’s all three dimensional. Levi’s birthday was also Father’s Day. Josh got a mini-cake: (It’s mostly frosting.) The spread: The cupcakes are cow-spotted. With the candle: Unsure: Why… is there fire… on the cow? Discovering sugar: Is it edible? Hmmm… Yes. Yes it is. Why have I never had this before? WHY?! So [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on June 20th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
(Benjamin comes out in jeans on a day where the high is over 80 degrees) Me: Benjamin, it’s too hot for jeans, go put shorts on. Benjamin: No! Me: Yes! It’s too hot for jeans! You need shorts! Benjamin: No! Me: (thinking: I am NOT washing those jeans AND shorts when he realizes how hot [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The Benjamin, The Mommy on June 17th, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I mentioned my past month has been a bit busy. So yesterday, our first normal day, I decided to take the day off. I didn’t get up to run, even though I had missed my two previous runs as well (forgot to take my shoes on our last adventure, oops!). I didn’t even get up [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on June 15th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I received another Natural Mommy question from a different friend, this time about co-sleeping: So what happens when the baby you co-sleep with starts crawling around in his sleep? He crawled halfway down the bed and I was afraid he was going to fall right off! But then he started crying. He’s been super restless [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on June 10th, 2010 | 9 Comments »
So I know I said I was back and then, well, left. Sorry. It’s been a crazy month. We had friends visit for four glorious fun-filled, action-packed days. I didn’t want to leave you, but they deserved my undivided attention, since I hadn’t seen her in four years and hadn’t even met either of her [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on June 9th, 2010 | 14 Comments »
