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Continue reading →: What’s the Deal with Matrescence?The Metamorphosis of Motherhood Remember puberty? Your body changes, your brain feels like it stops working, your emotions rocket around like the world’s worst roller-coaster – that puberty? Well, it’s back for round two. Adolescence is that 10-19 window when you make the metamorphosis from child to adult. Matrescence is…
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Continue reading →: The Last WatermelonSnippets My Step-Dad died this weekend – and my watermelon vines. It was unexpected. Pops was like a character in a novel, not the protagonist but always in the background. A fan favorite, easter-egg-on-the-dvd, kind of guy. Pops had the kind of history where he could do anything. He had…
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Continue reading →: Toddler Activities for Tired MomsMinimum Set-Up and Maximum Fun! We’ve all been there, your toddler is ready and raring to go and you’re ready to go and take a nap. This has been the go-to state of our house lately as we settle into being a family of four. If the weather were nicer…
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Continue reading →: Co-Sleeping SafelyAn Introduction for Curious Parents The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) stance on co-sleeping is that you should never, ever, do it. Some ad campaigns in the US have even taken that a step further claiming that sleeping with your baby is akin to a death sentence. But historically and…
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Continue reading →: June UpdateUrban Homesteading – Year One Baby Ladybug is here and the garden is growing, we’ve had a lot going on in June! Raised Beds The watermelon, tomatoes, and loofah are taking off and the okra is right behind them with radishes and nicotina bringing up the rear. We’ve even gotten…
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Continue reading →: How to Help PostpartumHint: It isn’t holding the baby As much as everyone wants to snuggle with a new baby if you’re trying to help out a new mama postpartum it isn’t the best thing you can do. Postpartum is all about letting mom heal physically and mama & baby bonding time –…
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Continue reading →: May UpdateUrban Homesteading – Year One We’re a solid week into June so I figure it’s about time for my May update! (whoops) We’ve got a lot done in the last month with finishing up some of the infrastructure/supports in the garden and seeing some growth in the beds. Not all…
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Continue reading →: Challenge: Compacted SoilSolution: Manure and Perlite It has been an unusually wet and cold spring in Oklahoma this year – and almost no tornadoes! Which has been great for me since I love spring and we rarely get one, but my raised beds have been much less happy. The only thing I…
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Continue reading →: What We’re Growing: Year OneIn Our Backyard Urban Homestead This year (our first year!!) we’re going big and trying lots of different things to see what works out. This post is a little overdue and since everything has been planted we’ve had SO MUCH rain. It compacted all the dirt in my raised beds…
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Continue reading →: Prepping for Postpartum: Toddler EditionWhat I’m Doing to Prep my Toddler for Postpartum I had no idea what to expect postpartum with my first baby and I was caught completely unaware. As I head into postpartum with my second baby I’m feeling more confident about it, but now I also have a toddler to…
