Babies

Family and friends offered an obscene amount of advice while I was pregnant with kiddo #1. As I reflect upon being a mom of two kids now, a boy and a girl, what I wish someone, anyone would have...

Ok. This may not be very 2019 of me, but here goes: I Love Baby Books. For those of you non-Luddites out there, a baby book (also known as a record book or memory book) is a sort-of store-bought...

I always knew that I would breastfeed. I mean, I had to. Otherwise, my mother would never speak to me again. My mother was very committed to nursing. For good reason. When I was born, in 1951, only 15% of all...

My daughter had her two month shots today. After having three children go through these, I can say with a fair degree of confidence that these shots are THE WORST. If you haven't gone through them yet, do yourself a favor and...

I’m in awe of the change that can happen in just 365 days. My baby is turning ONE this week—a whole trip around the sun.  It’s been such a quick year, a whirlwind…and yet it’s hard to remember life before...

I was asked to write about one subject: babywearing. Easy, right? Since I love it so much and am so passionately involved in the education, safety, implementation and access to this thing called babywearing, this piece should be a...

Dear community organization, delagate task force, coalition, board committee, legislative discussion,  and/or panel and planning chairperson, I am here! I have implementable ideas to make your business, our laws, and my community better! If you could just provide an after...

Well-meaning older relatives give us this advice. It's written on glossy pamphlets meant to help. Signs on the walls of the pediatrician's office compel us. It's definitely in the "don't shake the baby" video they make you watch at...

I knew the story of Odysseus fairly well through literary osmosis but had never actually read The Odyssey in school. I knew that the story was an incredible journey. And that it was also very long. Intimidatingly long, actually....

Black maternal health week. BLACK maternal health week. Black MATERNAL health week... I will NOT capitalize the word health because we BLACK MATRONS don’t have any health to spare for that. The experts have weighed in and the studies have been...