The dreaded day has not yet come. That is, flumaggedon: the day when all four of my kids get sick at the exact same time. I’m not sure what’s worse, to be honest: having four sick kids at once or having them each fall sick in quick succession. With cold and flu season looming, my older kids in school and the twins now old enough to participate in a … [Read More...]
#adulting in Style with JORD’s Unique Wood Apple Watch Band {+ Coupon Code & Giveaway}
By Sean Gallimore (aka Maman Loup's baby bro) This year, we finally got around to doing a responsible adult thing—we got life insurance. I suppose it’s not a particularly exciting thing and generally wouldn’t have anything to do with watch straps, but in this case it does. And, that’s about as good as a segue I could come up … [Read More...]
Code of Conduct for Breastfed Twin Toddlers
If you’re wondering how I physically go about tandem nursing toddler twins, it’s often sitting cross-legged (on the kitchen floor with my back against the cupboard door, at the bottom of the stairs, on the couch if I’m lucky) with each one straddling a thigh. Or I just lie down on the floor and they approach from either side of me. Nursing … [Read More...]
4 Tips for Getting Through Baby’s Immunizations
The very first time I took my very first baby to his very first immunization appointment, I was a bit of a wreck. I honestly think the entire experience was worse for me than it was for my little dude. Would he cry? Would he be inconsolable? Would he have a reaction? Would he ever trust me again? Because this was my first baby and his first … [Read More...]
4 Overnight Cloth Diapers That Work 4 Us
Having cloth diapered four babies, you’d think by now I’d have a hands down, 100% guaranteed overnight cloth-diapering solution to offer you. Unfortunately, the one thing I CAN guarantee you is that the overnight solution that works for one baby is not guaranteed to work for another, which I suppose is no different than daytime … [Read More...]
Make the Easy Switch to Zero-Waste Coffee
Zero-waste living is not without compromise. If it were possible to avoid single-use items and over-packaged products and choose 100% reusable 100% of the time—all without spending extra time or money—well … a lot of the world’s current problems would be solved. But don’t be discouraged. The most sustainable changes are the easiest changes, … [Read More...]
Changeroo: Changing the World With Your Kids’ Wardrobe
In my dreamworld of ethical and environmentally friendly consumerism, I would be filling my children’s wardrobes with Canadian-made apparel constructed from only the finest in sustainable, North American milled textiles. Sadly, the only dreamworld I inhabit is the one in which I cannot remember my locker combination and am late for a final exam … [Read More...]
What’s the Deal with Winter Jackets and Car Seats?
I still remember my feeling of complete and utter confusion when I first learned that children should not be strapped into their car seats in their winter jackets, snowsuits or thick bunting bags. I had so many questions. This was long before becoming a car seat tech and long before discovering that I was doing a lot more things … [Read More...]
Baby Jogger City View All-in-One Car Seat Review
It seems that “birth to booster” car seats are all the rage right now! I get it: consumers love the idea of buying one car seat that will take their child from the hospital through primary school. The new Baby Jogger City View can theoretically do that, but I think it shines as a rear-facing seat for children ready to move out of their infant … [Read More...]
5 Gifts of Knowledge for New Parents
This blog post is sponsored by Philips Avent. The opinions expressed are my own. There are so many things I did NOT know when I had my first child. And that’s okay: you don’t have to know absolutely everything about babies before you have one. It’s important to know that you can trust your own instincts. But what I wish I’d known most before … [Read More...]
Out of the Bottle and Into the Bar: Shampoo in a Bar is a Thing.
It’s been about eight years since I started re-evaluating the products I use in my bathroom. It all started with a concern about the ingredients in my body care products. I started reading ingredient labels and realized that I wanted to choose products with fewer synthetic ingredients; I wanted to use products that would be practically edible, … [Read More...]
Made in Canada Baby 2019 ~ $1500 in Prizes ~ Open to CA/US
We're back! Welcome to the 8th Annual Made in Canada Baby Event! Originally established by Celeste from Thinking About Cloth Diapers in 2011, Lindsay at Maman Loup’s Den and Olivia at This West Coast Mommy have been your fabulous hosts since 2015 for the year’s largest online event in the Canadian eco-friendly baby, natural parenting, babywearing, … [Read More...]