The Natural Mommy

Q: We have cloth wipes and the Prince Lionheart wipes warmer (and a baby girl due any day now!). I was curious as to your thoughts on the warmer. A: I love the wipes warmer.  Cloth wipes are a lot wetter than disposable wipes.  And the more wetness, the colder the wipe is!  Especially in [...]

Filed under: The Cloth Diapering, The Natural Stuff on March 31st, 2011 | 9 Comments »

Ever look at your four-year-old on his birthday and wonder how that 8 pound, 13 oz bundle of helplessness transformed into the independent preschooler grinning at you from his perch on the kitchen table? I found I couldn’t believe the two were the same.  So I went back through my pictures and proved it to [...]

Filed under: The Benjamin, Wordless Wednesday on March 30th, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I decided ages ago that butter is better than margarine.  However, then I had to deal with hard, cold butter.  Taking a leap of faith, I started leaving it out on the counter to stay soft.  And stay soft, it did! I also learned that the fat content in butter keeps it fresh at room temperature [...]

Filed under: Kitchen Tip Tuesday on March 29th, 2011 | 20 Comments »

I got my diapers out of the dryer today and thought to myself, “I should take pictures of my updated stash!”  Because, I do believe the last time I blogged about diapers, Bush was still president. Here they are!  In all their glory.  And also, love my Couch Flowers.  They are Awesome Sauce. Top left: [...]

Filed under: The Cloth Diapering, The Natural Stuff on March 28th, 2011 | 7 Comments »

Sometimes it seems I only post the bad parts of my day. The melodramaticness of this morning passed rather quickly after I posted about it. We went inside.  Benjamin put his hangers in his shirts and then whined about going outside, which I told him was out of the question.  I put all of 30 [...]

Filed under: Motherhood, The Mommy on March 19th, 2011 | No Comments »

Like when I tell my 5yo to look at the overcast covering of clouds and she says, “I do not see any clouds.” I give up. When my 3yo says he’d rather sit on the living room floor staring at the wall than put hangers in shirts so he can come join us outside. I [...]

Filed under: Motherhood, The Mommy on March 18th, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I have disappeared. I told them to pick up the train tracks and then slipped into the back bedroom and shut the door. I’m all for open floor plans, but sometimes I just need a hiding place. When I’m the only adult around, my brain refuses to stop. My ears are unable to stop listening. [...]

Filed under: The Mommy, Uncategorized on March 10th, 2011 | 8 Comments »

Sometimes my kids do things that just make me want to cry. This afternoon, for example, Benjamin (who is almost four) threw my kitchen timer on the floor.  I didn’t see the first throw; I figured someone had simply dropped something.  I was curious when I heard the second throw.  I came in just in [...]

Filed under: Motherhood, The Benjamin, The Mommy on March 7th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

For the 17th consecutive week, I forgot to have Josh take the garbage out on garbage day. So when I saw the truck rumble up to our neighbor’s driveway, I grabbed my coat and rushed out. But, rewind, this was a weird morning where Josh was actually here when the children awoke. (Since he didn’t [...]

Filed under: The Mommy, The Ramblings on March 4th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

We’re homeschooling.  And one of the benefits of that is that when Olivia has a late night, or isn’t feeling well, she can sleep until she’s fully rested in the morning. We don’t normally start school until around 11, actually.  Our whole day is probably a few hours off of the normal American routine.  :-) [...]

Filed under: The Homeschooling, The Questions on March 3rd, 2011 | 16 Comments »