Adventures in Mamahood, Marriage, and Allergen-Free Living.

How Mayan Abdominal Massage Helped Me Build My Village

Mayan Abdominal Massage image of a woman pregnant, hands on belly in heart shape.

After my first child, which ended up being an emergency c-section after 3 hours of pushing, and an overall pretty traumatic experience, my body felt like it never recovered. As a first time mom, and never really hearing any other woman talk truthfully about what postpartum was really like, I felt awful. Since I found […]

Attempt Flipping a Breech Baby to Avoid a C-Section

attempt flipping a breech baby and avoid a c-section

**Trigger Warning – Birth Trauma and C-Section Story below** When I found out my first child, my daughter, was a breech baby at 35 weeks pregnant, I obsessively googled everything that I could find to attempt flipping a breech baby to avoid a c-section. I was going to twice per week physical therapy with a […]

Breastfeeding with Food Allergies: Tips and Tricks

Pumped milk for breastfeeding tips and tricks

Wow. This is probably one of the most intense posts that I will write, as I come off of the tail end of my breastfeeding journey, well, forever. I have finally stopped breastfeeding my now 27 month old, 3rd child. I have been ready for a while, and he, well, has not. To be honest, […]

Managing Feeding Issues in Children – Identify the Root Cause and Thrive

Managing Feeding Issues in children, young mom with child sitting on counter, getting ready for a meal.

It’s official! The course is launched. I cannot tell you how excited I am that it is finally here. So much blood sweat in tears went into this course. The training, the planning, the workshopping, the taping of videos in a hotel room at 2am on a business trip, the late nights editing and figuring […]

Mom Roar + Parenting Tips

happy family standing on family road, in a good parenting moment.

Birthday behavior: Mom Roar The other night was my husbands birthday. All I can say is, thank goodness we mostly celebrated it over the weekend and not on the actual Monday that his birthday fell on, because, geez. It. Was. A. Night! Pooks is having a tough time with the transitions right now, totally understandable, […]

The Best Bras after Nursing

best bra after nursing

I spent a lot of money this weekend, but I don’t regret it. Did I need every little thing I got? For sure no. But you know what I did need? Good bras. Ever since I had kids and have breastfed and created two tiny Humans, my breasts have been through the ringer. They have […]