We did it! We set a record for the most babies latched on in the WORLD and we had a great turn out for the Big Latch On Houston 2013! This year, the new Big Latch On World Record has a whopping number of 14,536 babies latched on over a span of two days! The…
The Big Latch On is this weekend, and the Houston area locations are being held on Saturday, August 3rd. This year, we decided to attach The Big Latch On to Houston’s first annual Natural Parenting Expo! As part of the registration, participants were asked the following question: The Big Latch On was created to help…
It is no secret that I do my part to give my kiddos a healthy start to life. I birth naturally, I breastfeed, I use cloth diapers, among many other things. But do you know that even the healthy choices that we make still pose risks beyond face value? What are you doing to decrease…
It’s no secret that we use amber teething necklaces with our little ones. No, that doesn’t mean that Jett is cutting teeth, right now, by chewing on a necklace. He’s simply wearing a very cool and hip amber necklace. What you may not know is that I also wear amber necklaces, but I wear them…
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of attachment parenting? To me, it’s become a way of life, but before that happened, the first thing that would pop into my mind would be a mom or dad wearing their baby in a carrier. Babywearing is an age old tradition among…
Jett is 15 months old and he’s not yet talking. He walks around the house saying “Mama mama mama” but sometimes, I don’t really think he’s talking to me. He speak in jibberish, a lot, and will occasionally say “Sat?” that’s basically “what’s that”, and sometimes, he even says something that sounds like “Sup?” I’m…
Jett is 14 months old and he jabbers. A lot. He knows what he’s saying, but we find ourselves telling him “I wish I knew what you were saying!” or “Just use your words!!!” Of course, he just looks at us and says what sounds like “What’s up??” and toddles on his merry little way. …
Oh look at how cute this diaper is! I’m a sucker for giraffes and anything green, so when you put green giraffes on a cloth diaper…. you really catch my eye! This is a really cute Green Giraffe Best Bottom One Size Cloth Diaper Shell! Best Bottom Diapers are basically like the Flip System. Best…
In the past two weeks, I’ve had two things fall on the floor and break. One was a bottle of vanilla (full bottle, too!) that was made of amber glass, and the other one was a coffee mug that Andy gave me from when the Super Bowl was in Houston. That one, Jett picked up…
Starting this week, I am going to start an attachment/natural parenting series called called “Dad’s Perspective Attachment Parenting Series”. I will be featuring three different dads from the Houston area. All three of these dads have completely different professions, a range of different number of kiddos, different upbringings, and their own thoughts on natural parenting….