Well it took a few days to get this post publish ready. :) Poor Michaela caught a cold this week and has been snuffling and not feeling so great. It is really hard on mommies to see their little ones sick! I can’t believe next week she will be 6 WEEKS OLD! We go to the midwives for the last time till next pregnancy next week. Bittersweet. It was such a lovely 10 months, thank God! Scroll to end of post for pictures of Michaela this week.
Natural Health
Curious what a traditional foods diet and how do you start? This is a great resource!
Learn about this vital nutrient.
Trace minerals and your health.
Is fluoridated water actually good for us? Also this link.
Reduce your fluoride exposure naturally.
And finally is sea salt really different than regular salt?
Pregnancy/Babies
Pregnant/post-partum mommies have your husbands read this–as in the last section and I quote this section on things dad’s can do to help thier wives post-partum:
7. Pick a chore or two that you can handle yourself regularly and do without asking… but one that she’ll notice… cleaning the kitchen is HUGE.
8. Get her out of the house each weekend at least once. Have her go meet a friend and walk around the mall, go to an exercise class, a cooking class, or whatever is motivating/normalizing.
Can I just ad AMEN to the kitchen cleaning part!?
Delay introducing solids to babies? I love Kellymom’s resources.
Natural Birth and Baby Care. Fascinating site. I love her birth stories.
Free relaxation cd from Hypnobabies. I love these CD’s. They give the best re-energizing power naps.
What changes when you have a baby. Enough said.
The ten commandments of nursing
A Hypnobabies birth center birth story. :)
Natural diapering
Cloth diaper stain removal tips. Haven’t been a big deal for us but I do wish it was easier to sun our prefolds. Winter is coming and that makes it a bit more complicated. Sun is a perfect bleacher for dipes.
Cloth diapering how to.
Cloth diaper myth’s exposed.
Clever comebacks on cloth–love this!
Homemaking
10 meals for 10 dollars. I thought some of these sounded yummy. Good places to start for meal ideas.
Best stain remover how to.
How to set priorities to get things done.
Want to know what to throw out and what to keep?
Curious what plastics are safe to use and which ones aren’t. Check this out.
Are you a procrastinator? Read this.
Exhaustion to rejuvenation. Loved this article.
Gorgeous fall craft and simple too. I really want to do this.
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Aunt Lydia came over and played with Michaela.
Sleeping on Daddy’s lap.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
The fourth picture should be framed! What a sweet little face.
You put a ton of interesting information on here. Thanks! I especially enjoyed the tips about plastic. Lately I’d been becoming concerned about that very topic, so it’s good to know which plastics exactly to avoid. Everything you posted was so interesting.
Happy Thanksgiving! What a special one for your little family. :o)
haha don’t worry jess, i’m sure you’ll be seeing your midwife again very soon. i’m personally looking foward to the 2009 scoby baby model ;)