Guest blog by Kater Herzel, professional doula and co-owner of Heartland Doulas. Congratulations! You’ve decided how you’re going to feed your baby, and we support your choice! Whether breast milk or formula, one thing is almost certain: You will feed your baby from a bottle, at some point. Here are five things I know about bottle feeding:[…]
Let’s talk about sleep, baby Let’s talk about you and me Let’s talk about all the good things And the bad things sweet, baby Let’s talk about sleep Let’s talk about sleep Let’s talk about sleep for now To the parents at home or on the town It keeps evading anyhow Don’t delay, dispute, or[…]
Picture this: You have finally arrived safely at home with your new little wiggly bundle, thankful to be off the terrifyingly dangerous roads that just 48 hours ago seemed like a great way to get from point A to point B. Now that you’re home safe and sound, you’re pretty sure you won’t try that[…]
Bringing a new baby into the world, whether it’s your 1st, or your 7th, comes with a wide range of emotions that can rush in like a Spring blizzard or waft slowly in and out like Fall flurries. Caused by hormone fluctuations and lack of sleep most of these emotions are considered to be normal,[…]
Just about any conversations you have with a new parent will, at some point, involve the words. “I haven’t had a shower in __ days!” Before you have children, simple things like when to shower, seem trivial and automatic. Really, other than planning to take stuff with you for after a workout at the gym,[…]
It’s Albuquerque Low (or snowapocalypse, or whatever the nickname obsessed weather people are calling it) time again here in Colorado Springs. Schools are closed, it’s cold outside and the snow is falling. Days like today might have you dreaming of warmer weather and beaches, but we’d like to suggest another option. Valentine’s Day is just[…]
Wednesday was National Twin Day! We love working with multiples families, walking alongside them through their birthing year and beyond. We’d like to take a look at what it’s like for parents of twins and celebrate the many varied ways that parents handle this special family dynamic. My own husband is a twin and it’s[…]