Archive for April, 2011

• Micah’s First Perfect Latch

  Apr 29 | Breastfeeding | Heather | 55 Views | with 34 Comments

  Micah is happily giving Sophie the Giraffe a tour of our hotel room floor as I type this. Just now he stopped by to pull up on my leg and give me a grin, and I can’t help but wonder . . . did he REALLY have surgery just an...

• Lip Tie Q&A

  Apr 28 | Breastfeeding | Heather | 517 Views | with 53 Comments

  What does THIS LITTLE BUGABOO . . . Have in common with this little lady . . . And this little dude? They all have lip ties, of course. As we fly out this morning for Micah’s surgery I am thinking of these two sweet babes...

• Calling All Mamas: Get Your Birth Stories Ready

  Apr 27 | Birth Story Bash | Heather | 17 Views | with 60 Comments

  The thing about birth stories is that they are a lot like the babies they come with. No matter how many there are I never get tired of them. Each little face draws me in . . . just as each story does. I read your stories. Every...

• What To Eat While Traveling on GAPS Diet

  Apr 25 | GAPS | Heather | 211 Views | with 42 Comments

  Wondering how you’re going to continue with GAPS on summer vacation? I have a few suggestions. First, go somewhere warm. Preferably an oceanside town. Then as you unpack your suitcase gently hum to yourself the little ditty...

• Mamarazzi Eggstraordinare

  Apr 24 | Our Family | Heather | 5 Views | with 8 Comments

  Awhile back I dreamed of starting a photography service called Mamarazzi, but of course the web domain was already taken. I blame my business failure on that. Well, that and the fact that I don’t really know how to use my...

• Link Love: Snarky Meets Sublime

  Apr 22 | Faith | Heather | 9 Views | with 16 Comments

  As you know, I suck at faith. And talking about my faith. Which is why when I sat down to write a post on this Good Friday, nothing happened. No words bolting through my mind like a lightning storm. Wait, wait . . . I think...

• The Little Things :-)

  Apr 21 | Our Family | Heather | 6 Views | with 10 Comments

  This Is My Hand My Hand Will Do A Thousand Loving Things With You You Will Remember When I Am Tall That Once My Hand Was Just This Small A few months before he died, my dad found a little handprint in one of his favorite books....

• Every Mamas Challenge: Overcoming Disappointment

  Apr 20 | Breastfeeding | Heather | 34 Views | with 74 Comments

  We have a secret in our culture . . . and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong. Laura Stavoe Harm To the doctor that says “Your baby is getting too big and your hips are too small. We need...