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6 Ways Having a Kid Makes Me a Healthier Person
I've been under the weather all week, and it's given me a chance to reflect on how much better care I take of myself because of my...
Jillian
Jul 19, 20184 min read
Using a Carrier with a Toddler: Answers to All the Questions People Ask Me
When my son was tiny, people rarely commented on and never questioned my use of a baby carrier to get around with him. Now that he's a...
Jillian
Jul 3, 20184 min read
Lessons From My Mother: On Anxiety, Love, and Self Care
I am wildly fortunate to have one of those moms other people wish was their mom. She's warm and easy to be around, bitingly funny, and...
Jillian
Nov 8, 20175 min read
Fall and Winter Babywearing Products I Can't Wait to Try
This post is part of an on-going series on babywearing; check out my babywearing style Facebook page Pleats and Seats; Babywear with...
Jillian
Sep 7, 20174 min read
Review: Soul Linen Wrap Turned My Summer Fling With Wrapping Into True Love - Updated with New Color
Officially, I have been wrapping for just over a year. I attended my first wrapping workshop through my local chapter of Babywearing...
Jillian
Aug 31, 20174 min read
5 Ways We Make Our ADHD Marriage Work
When new-agey people (there are a lot here, so it happens often) find out my husband and I are both Geminis, it gets a predictable,...
Jillian
Aug 16, 20176 min read
The Four Lessons I Learned From Parents in Recovery That Make Me a Better Parent Every Day
Something has been bothering me lately, and when something just keeps nagging at me, eventually I have to sit down and write about it....
Jillian
Aug 1, 20176 min read
Seven Tips for a Peaceful Toddler Short Haircut at Home
I have had several requests online, and what feels like endless in person requests, to share tips for how I cut my son's hair at home. ...
Jillian
Jun 27, 20172 min read
Letting Go of My Frustration at Bedtime, and the Affirmation That Helps Me Keep My Cool
My husband is the chill one in our family. One of the first words people use to describe him is always "zen." Not me. I get wound up...
Jillian
May 30, 20172 min read
The Gift of Wants Nothing Time
For the last few weeks I have been getting dangerously close to running on empty. I had been finishing projects and pulling everything...
Jillian
May 23, 20173 min read
The Floor Bed Starter Pack
I wrote recently about our adventures with floor beds. I wanted to follow-up and share with you what I consider “must haves” in order to...
Jillian
May 9, 20173 min read
No Crib for Us: Adventures in Floorbeds
Since we first set up my son's nursery in our last house, we have gotten quizzical looks and many questions about the lack of a crib. It...
Jillian
Apr 25, 20176 min read
Babywearing By The Zodiac
Are you feeling overwhelmed with your babywearing options? Are you looking for your carrier soulmate? Maybe your astrological sign can...
Jillian
Apr 12, 20173 min read
Teaching About Consent and Body Autonomy to the Tiniest Folks
We managed to hibernate the first few months of my son's life; he was born in mid-December, and the cold sleepy days kept us insulated...
Jillian
Mar 23, 20174 min read
"What Do You Do All Day?" Demystifying the Daily Life of Homemaking
I've had a few conversations recently with parents considering making the switch from working outside the home, to being stay at home...
Jillian
Feb 21, 20173 min read
Being Enough: Why I Pulled the Plug on My Thriving Etsy Shop
When my son was four weeks old I bought a snap press, so I could make cute snappable baby items for him. I posted a picture of some bibs...
Jillian
Feb 17, 20174 min read
Mom Friends Are My Coworkers
Before having a child I heard about mommy groups; I was not interested. They sounded like grown up versions of high school cliques, and...
Jillian
Feb 17, 20173 min read
Music: My Lifeline to My Pre-Motherhood Self
My son is going through a great new phase where he raises one hand above his head while he sways his hips, smoothly dipping at the knee,...
Jillian
Feb 16, 20173 min read
Why One Child is Right for Our Family
I have shared previously about the unique experience of knowing from his birth that my first child is going to stay my only child. Today...
Jillian
Feb 15, 20174 min read
To All the Conscious Partners of Stay at Home Caregivers: I Salute You
I was a disaster serial monogamist before my husband and I started dating. I waded my way through the ups and downs of relationships,...
Jillian
Feb 14, 20172 min read
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