by lcbaker | Jul 30, 2012 | Sleep
Cosleeping is a controversial practice these days. You’ve probably heard the warnings: it will ruin your sleep, destroy your marriage, prevent your child from developing independence, and give your baby an oedipal complex. Not to mention raising the risk of...
by lcbaker | Jul 23, 2012 | Green Living
Do you ever worry that the products you put on your body are giving you cancer, destroying the planet, and stealing your soul? No? Just me, then. I’ve been thinking a lot about the hidden dangers of beauty products. Not that I use beauty products, unless...
by lcbaker | Jul 20, 2012 | Natural Parenting
Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of baby things that everybody has that aren’t really that great? I’ve been noticing this a lot lately. Probably because deep down, I’m a sucker for peer pressure. I like to pretend I’m a trendsetter....
by lcbaker | Jul 18, 2012 | Green Living
So. Kegels. They are weird. I have never been a fan. People just make such a big deal of them. They’re up there with mammograms and Pap smears on the list of things that women are supposed to do. But it doesn’t make sense to me. It seems like if something...
by lcbaker | Jul 11, 2012 | Breastfeeding
Being a mother is painful. There’s pregnancy, for starters, which is awful, and labor, which is sometimes worse. And then there are long sleepless nights and the awful postpartum body and the constant worry that you’re doing everything wrong. But...