The day I gave birth to my beautiful baby girl, Ophelia, was the most profound day of my life. When I held that tiny little girl in my arms I sobbed and promised her that I would be the...
The morning I drove back to work a mere six weeks after giving birth to my little Ophelia Snow I cried. Ok…I ugly cried. By the time I got to work, I had worked myself up into a snotty,...
I’ll be the first to admit that baby led weaning scared me. I didn’t fully understand it and was used to the “traditional” purees. But as I did more research, it became more and more appealing.
All summed up baby...
Birth: the start of life as a physically separate being.
A cold, clinical definition for an experience that is anything but. Every one of my birth experiences has seemed like a culmination of difficult months while pregnant. In other...
Every year when I look at my student roster, I cringe looking at some of the names of my students. Mostly because I can’t even begin to pronounce them, and other times because I can’t believe what parents would...
We live in a culture that accepts blood donation as a necessity. Local blood drives are frequent, and it is common for donors to line up to give a little bag of their lifesaving, life-changing blood.
Did you know, though,...
“You are only taking off 4 weeks? Why?”
This is the alarming question I get frequently when people ask me how long my maternity leave is. It’s an awkward question. It’s a question that is harmless, but puts me...
A crushing weight fell down on me as I hid in the shower. It had been a long, stressful day with not just one heartbreaking call, but two. I had just gotten back from the hospital with my newborn...
It happened, breast milk swirling down the sink as if waving goodbye to my horror stricken face. 4 months postpartum and I still hadn’t gotten the hang of pumping in the bathroom at work. Not only had pumping been...
From the time a baby is born, we hear about tummy time and its importance. We are asked at every pediatrician’s appointment if we are having some tummy time daily and how it’s going. We do it, like so...
In + Around East Idaho
Befriend the Bats
My family had the chance to do Bat Night at the zoo in Idaho Falls this year, something that we had been looking forward...
