Happy birthday to me! Yes, today’s the big day when I’m closer to 40 than I am to 30 but still feel like I’m 12. Remember when you used to know exactly how old you were? Like, exactly how many months … possibly days … until the next important birthday? Well in recent years I…
My son was only 2 and a half when we left Montreal for Calgary. There were lots of positive things about heading out west, including a better job for my husband and being significantly closer to my family in BC. But I was worried about my son losing his French. I have a BA in…
Ever noticed that your children always choose the perfect moment to ask you for something? No? Well, me neither! Here are 12 examples of my children’s impeccable timing. I’m sure you can relate! 1- When they wake up crying in that exact moment right before I fall asleep when my brain has finally gone quiet…
This post is brought to you by nepotism. Eye exams for kids are super important! When I moved to Calgary in 2015, my mom told me that her cousin’s son also lived here, and he was an optometrist. So, like the creepy cousin I apparently I am, I showed up to get my kids’ and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, and…
Winter coats in car seats: updated September 2023 Winter coats in car seats has become a hot topic in the parenting corner of social media. 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…
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…
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…
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…
By Randi van Wiltenburg, Owner of Butterfly Baby Doula Services and Infant Feeding Educator 1- I’m bottle feeding—I don’t need any help! Did you know there is a preferred method of bottle feeding that helps prevent overfeeding your infant? Did you know that oral issues can impact how well a baby feeds at the…
This blog post is sponsored by Philips Avent. The opinions expressed are my own. When was the first time you left your nursling with a babysitter? Even leaving my first two children with my husband (decidedly NOT a babysitter) and his non-milk-producing nipples was stressful for me in those first six months of all mama…
My name is Lindsay and I am a 40-year-old mama of four trying to live an eco-friendly, budget-friendly life! I am a substitute teacher and Child Passenger Safety technician in Calgary, Alberta. Join me on my adventures!
