In writing this review of my deliciously warm and delightfully stylish Toboggan Canada Christine K Parka, I have gone down a proverbial internet rabbit hole, determined to correctly define the terms “parka,” “jacket” and “coat.” And while I now know that a parka is a knee-length, normally down-filled winter jacket, and that this term comes…
I’ve been actively trying to reduce my at-home waste footprint for about eight years now. Efforts to bring waste-reducing changes to my former workplace were met with a lot of poorly camouflaged resentment, but I am now happy to observe from afar that this very same workplace has implemented the changes for which I advocated…
First of all, I did NOT stay motivated to pump for my twins. At least, not all the time. This story is NOT about how the miraculous “liquid gold” properties of breast milk was all I could ever imagine feeding my precious cherubs and how knowing that my milk was the best milk for them…
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…
You don’t even need your morning cup of coffee to understand the genius of Öko’s reusable coffee bag! 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…
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…
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!
