In Part One, I introduced a few ideas on how to reduce the cost of a birthing experience. Now I’d like to share what I know about how to actually afford to bring the baby home. The main way to save money in this area is to change your frame of mind when it...
I received this email from Sarah today and thought that maybe, just maybe, there might be more than one of you out there with the same questions so I’m going to share my limited expertise in this area with all of you. My husband is also a “perpetual grad...
Updated to add: I snapped down the Mommy’s Touch diapers to the smallest rise setting, double stuffed them, and tried them on Benjamin, two nights in a row. Neither leaked. I don’t know if the elastic *is* going, and that’s why we have to make...
One recurrent theme in the “What Should The Natural Mommy Write About” comment section was cloth diapers. And I can TALK about cloth diapers. Watch out. A lot has changed since the prefold days. Like, for example, the fact that we don’t use prefolds...
We’ve been through the night-weaning a lot lately. It was working well the first time; he was sleeping until 3 a.m.! But then he got sick. And couldn’t breathe. And wasn’t eating well. And I just couldn’t refuse. He’s better now....
