Copyright Information2008-Present by Kate Stillman. All rights reserved. Please do not use my original photos or reprint my writing without asking me for permission. Thank you! Share our Button with your Natural Moms! | We have been swamped with baby showers and babies! It seems the last year has been a fertile one for our friend and family. So what to do for all those baby gifts! I usually don’t have a lot of money to spend on a gift,so I find it nice to try and make [...] As some of you already know,when we moved our stuff out of storage and into the new house,all the foam furniture was ruined. There was inches of dirty and grime in the plastic supposedly protecting our mattresses and the couches were a total loss. In reality it was not a huge loss of money. [...] For one week starting April 25,Earth Mama Angel Baby and five bloggers (Mothering,BabyCenter,SafeMama,Fig and Sage and The Smart Mama) will take readers from grade to grade,and once you pass a level,you will move on to the next. It all wraps up at Mama U with a Graduation where you [...] Congratulations Sandra! Claire has pulled your name out of the cup to win the Earth Mama,Angel Baby giveaway! I will send you an email with a link to redeem your prize. Thanks to everyone who participated. For those of you who did not win,you can check out their wonder full products by CLICKING [...] I was approached last month about doing a giveaway with Earth Mama,Angel Baby. I had seen their products on the shelves,but had never tried them. So I asked if I could get some samples to review before participating. (Earth Mama Angel Baby provided this product for my review at no cost.) They sent [...] So,many of you know that Claire could do “art projects”from sunrise to sunset and be happy. Thank goodness that ArtBeast opened up downtown (Sacramento) to give mommy (and the kitchen table) a break. “ArtBeast is a drop in arts exploration space for children featuring an [...] CARING BRIDGE is a web based program that provides “free,personalized websites that support and connect loved ones during critical illness,treatment,and recovery.”We learned about this great organization from Mark’s cousin Yael. Her son Yoav (to the left) ”Yoi”has been critical illness since he [...] We are surrounded everyday,almost every minute by synthetic chemicals. No mater how hard you try to avoid them,it is nearly impossible in todays society. So instead of getting discouraged by all the synthetic (and potentially toxic) chemicals my children are exposed to in a day,I try to focus on what I can [...] Swimming is great therapy. Just being in the water is calming or comforting. Swimming requires the whole body to work together. It strengthen their core muscles. It takes a lot of thought and control it takes to hold their breath,relax in a back float,and look where they are going. And once they move [...] Last year I discovered the Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) website and a wonderful teacher in our area. Ms. Kimberley,as my children call her,is a favorite in our house. They have been bugging me all winter:“When can we go to Ms. Kimberley’s?”So now the time is near and the questions come [...] | |