Accidentally, in love – why advice to ignore your baby does your head in
By Pinky McKay You may have heard the term ‘accidental parenting’ which implies that you, the parents, have inadvertently caused (or will cause) your…
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Welcome to Holland? Or Welcome to the Amazon…
By Alethea Mshar Note before reading: Alethea’s son Ben was born with Down syndrome. “We adopted him because we have an older child with…
We Need To Talk
W E N E E D T O T A L K Over the past few weeks I’ve had a number of conversations with…
Relatable Cartoons Depict Realities of Motherhood
By Hannah Schenker When Dutch blogger Corinne de Vries became pregnant with her first child, she entered a strange new world, “where people used…
New Guidelines Say No Fruit Juice For Infants in First Year
By Hannah Schenker The American Academy of Pediatrics has published a new report advising that infants under the age of 1 should not be…
Birth of a Baby by Gentle C-Section
By Hannah Schenker You have probably heard the term ‘gentle c-section’ by now. But what is it, exactly? For mothers who wanted an unassisted, natural…
You’re Doing a Good Job: Child Therapist Reassures Constance Hall
By Hannah Schenker Love her or hate her (but seriously, we love her), Constance Hall has the guts to say it like it is….
New PicsArt App Lets You Get Creative With the Baby in Your Belly
By Hannah Schenker Did you make one of those gorgeous #TreeOfLife breastfeeding selfie pictures that were super popular on Instagram a few months ago, using…
Parenting in the Modern Era
By Barbara Greene Parenting is a massive job. In current Western socio-economic conditions it has become easy to take parenting struggles as personal failure….
You’re Going to Miss It
By Michelle Zunter One day you’re going to miss it. One day there will be a peaceful silence while you go to the bathroom…
Dad’s Tearful Elation at Surprise Pregnancy Announcement
By Hannah Schenker Are you a sucker for a good pregnancy announcement like we are? Having fairly decent cameras in our pockets means more…
Swollen Ankles: Flying While Pregnant
If you have a normal pregnancy flying is pretty safe these days but why do ankles swell up especially when you are on a…
Natural Living: Family Live in Cob House in the Arctic Circle
By Hannah Schenker Do you sometimes fall down the ‘natural living’ rabbit hole on the internet, looking at yurts and cob buildings and earthships and the…
Tender Photos Capture Mother’s Last Breastfeed Before Cancer Treatment
By Hannah Schenker These tender and emotional photographs capture Ashley Kostiuk’s last breastfeed before starting aggressive chemotherapy for breast cancer. Kostiuk discovered a lump in…
The Magic of the Father-Daughter Connection
By Hannah Schenker Ukranian illustrator Snezhana Soosh focuses on the magic of the father-daughter relationship in her sweet and tender drawings. The exaggerated size of…
Red Shirting: Giving the Gift of Time
By Melanie Forstall Lemoine Note: In the United States, red shirting is a term used to describe allowing a student/child an extra year before…
Co-Feeding: Same-Sex Couple Both Breastfeed Baby
By Hannah Schenker A same-sex couple shared photographs of themselves both breastfeeding their four-week-old daughter to raise awareness of LGBTQI+ families. Claire Eden-McIlroy and…
Is There Anything it Can’t Do? Breast Milk Compound Kills Cancer Cells
By Hannah Schenker We mothers know about the wonders of breastmilk. We even joke about its wondrous and varied healing effects – “just pour…
My Answer Will Always Be Yes.
By Melanie Forstall Lemoine I quit sleep training before I even started and that’s OK. I’m sure, not unlike many new mothers, I was totally…
“Mother of two. Fire survivor. Warrior. Breastfeeder.”
By Hannah Schenker Photographer Ivette Ivens, whose work you may have already seen on our website with her project Breastfeeding Goddesses, has once again captured the…