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  • When You Have to Place a Baby Feeding Tube, Part I: Conquering the Fear

    When You Have to Place a Baby Feeding Tube, Part I: Conquering the Fear
    May 22, 2024

    Hey Mama. I see you in this difficult place right now. If you are reading about how to place a baby feeding tube, your baby probably has some medical needs or weight struggles. Your baby might even be in the hospital or recently discharged as we have this conversation. And you are scared. Not just…

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  • Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for Every Mama

    Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for Every Mama
    May 7, 2024

    Mother’s Day is just around the corner. Do you have a Mother’s Day gift yet for the special mama in your life? According to Google Trends, the search for “Mother’s Day gift” has sharply increased in the past few days. That tells me two things: Most people are right in the thick of buying a…

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  • Is Nano-Hydroxyapatite Safe? What You Need to Know About the Remineralizing Ingredient in Your Child’s Toothpaste

    Is Nano-Hydroxyapatite Safe? What You Need to Know About the Remineralizing Ingredient in Your Child’s Toothpaste
    May 2, 2024

    Whether you have been using hydroxyapatite toothpaste as a healthier alternative for some time or you are looking for a remineralizing product to fight your child’s tooth decay, you may have run into the recent debate on the safety of nano-hydroxyapatite. Which leaves you asking, “is nano-hydroxyapatite safe?” This topic was brought to my attention…

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  • Life With an NG Tube Baby: My Tips & Tricks

    Life With an NG Tube Baby: My Tips & Tricks
    April 17, 2024

    Life with an NG tube baby is a little different. Dressing your baby, feeding your baby, taking your baby out of the house, how your baby sleeps and how your baby moves around are all intertwined (literally) with the tube. When you bring your baby home from the hospital with the NG tube, it’s up…

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  • 7 Last Minute Quick and Easy Easter Activities for Kids

    7 Last Minute Quick and Easy Easter Activities for Kids
    March 27, 2024

    Do you need some quick and easy Easter activities for your kids to do that will remind them of why we celebrate Easter? Then you are in the right place at the right time (even if it feels a little late). I often feel woefully inadequate to teach my kids how to focus on the…

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  • PMS While Nursing: The Sequel

    PMS While Nursing: The Sequel
    March 23, 2024

    Hey there, Mama. You seem frustrated, possibly even mildly concerned. How do I know? Well, let’s just say I’ve been in your shoes before. The shoes you put on to go on a hunt for information about why you are having PMS while nursing when you have not had your first postpartum period yet. Do…

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  • Results of Natural Cavity Treatment in Kids

    Results of Natural Cavity Treatment in Kids
    March 12, 2024

    If you have been following my childhood tooth decay journey with my daughter, you know the potentially amazing results of natural cavity treatment in kids. But I have a new encouraging update on my daughter’s teeth that further substantiates how effective natural treatments can be. My almost-6 year-old daughter had a dentist appointment last week.…

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  • How to Prepare for Your Baby’s Open Heart Surgery

    How to Prepare for Your Baby’s Open Heart Surgery
    March 1, 2024

    Being told your baby will need open heart surgery is scary and overwhelming. Whether you know months in advance or have very little notice, anxiety and fear can quickly take over. It may not be possible to ever feel completely ready to hand over your baby to be opened up, but I would like to…

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  • It Feels Like Years Ago (What it’s Like on the Other Side of Baby’s VSD Repair)

    It Feels Like Years Ago (What it’s Like on the Other Side of Baby’s VSD Repair)
    January 8, 2024

    My younger daughter was born with a congenital heart defect. Her main condition was a very large VSD (ventricular septal defect) which was eventually repaired during her fourth hospital admission. In some ways, it seems like yesterday. But in others, it feels like years ago that she was in heart failure. I originally wrote this…

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  • My Baby Has Holes in Her Heart and I Know Why

    My Baby Has Holes in Her Heart and I Know Why
    August 23, 2023

    My baby has holes in her heart. Four of them. And I know why. My baby has holes in her heart because I had holes in my heart while I carried her in my womb. Four of them. Hey Mama, if you find my blog posts helpful, would you help support this blog by making…

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  • To the Mama Going Through Pregnancy After Recurrent Miscarriage

    To the Mama Going Through Pregnancy After Recurrent Miscarriage
    June 23, 2023

    To the mama going through pregnancy after recurrent miscarriage … I know. I know that the grief is not relieved (and may even be worsened) by having a successful pregnancy. I understand. I understand that awkward moment when someone asks if you are excited and you can’t give them the right answer. I get it.…

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  • Healthy Candy for Kids with Tooth Decay

    Healthy Candy for Kids with Tooth Decay
    June 14, 2023

    Kids and tooth decay just don’t go together well. Kids love to have fun and tooth decay is like a giant lock on the door to all things fun and yummy. So as the mama to a child with tooth decay, I have had to find healthy candy that allows her to still have yummy…

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  • How to Progress Labor – 10 Tips for a Faster Delivery

    How to Progress Labor – 10 Tips for a Faster Delivery
    June 3, 2023

    After a 37-hour labor with my first baby, I was eager to do whatever I could to shorten my labor with my second baby. Figuring out how to progress labor more efficiently can really help speed things up. It can also reduce your risk of having unwanted interventions. Whether this is going to be your…

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  • Pregnancy Pain: 9 Simple Solutions to Make You More Comfortable

    Pregnancy Pain: 9 Simple Solutions to Make You More Comfortable
    May 23, 2023

    During pregnancy, your body goes through so many changes, and your rapidly fluctuating hormones can cause some discomfort. If you are currently doing the demanding job of growing a human, read on to find some relief from your pregnancy pain! During my pregnancy with my first daughter, I had an extremely short list of complaints.…

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  • Kids Dental Crowns – Are There Alternatives?

    Kids Dental Crowns – Are There Alternatives?
    May 3, 2023

    I have been promising my readers this update post on my 5-year-old daughter’s 3-year-old tooth decay for several months now, so here it is! This update will include not only a run-down of the natural tooth decay treatments we have used and the level of success we have had with them up until this point,…

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  • My 2nd Natural Hospital Birth Story

    My 2nd Natural Hospital Birth Story
    April 8, 2023

    I am so blessed to be able to announce that we have added a second child to our family! After trying to conceive while breastfeeding, a complete molar pregnancy and two chemical pregnancies, the past nine months of pregnancy after loss have been incredibly challenging. But we made it, and in this post I am…

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  • 10 Mommy-Daughter Date Ideas

    10 Mommy-Daughter Date Ideas
    October 5, 2022

    Since my last couple of posts have been on the sad side, I wanted to lighten things up with a happy post highlighting the ways I like to have fun with my daughter. Some of these 10 mommy-daughter date ideas are simply things I do with my daughter every day, others are infrequent times when…

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  • My Chemical Pregnancy Stories

    My Chemical Pregnancy Stories
    August 4, 2022

    Even though it’s been a year since they happened, I still don’t really feel like sharing my chemical pregnancy stories. I don’t really feel like opening up my torn and insecure heart to a world that mostly will not understand. However, as I read this post about why it’s okay to grieve an early miscarriage,…

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  • God Cares About Your Miscarriage

    God Cares About Your Miscarriage
    June 19, 2022

    My daughter had just completed her bead necklace/leash for her stuffed puppy. I watched as she picked up the ends and got up from the table to bring it over to me to tie. With a sweet smile, she began to carry it over to me, clearly proud of what she had made. My heart…

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  • Tooth Decay in Children: 3 Simple, Natural Treatments

    Tooth Decay in Children: 3 Simple, Natural Treatments
    May 9, 2022

    Although this post was originally written to address tooth decay in children, the tips mentioned are applicable to any age group. I have personally experienced amazing benefits from implementing these oral health recommendations along with my child. It has now been two years since I embarked on a journey that began with me feverishly googling…

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