I’m often complimented on my unique and memorable blog name “The Crunchy Mom Next Door”. It’s a playful title I came up with after we lived in a duplex and I giggled while imagining what our downstairs neighbors must think to hear me giving birth at home and then smelling the aroma of placenta cooking!…Continue reading I’m not that crunchy…or am I?
Category: Parenting
5 Nursing Tips for the New Mom
As with anything parenting-related, everyone has their own experiences. I like to share mine because I’m hopeful that they will help another mom in the future. With my oldest, I desperately wanted to breastfeed. Aside from being the healthiest choice for the baby, I knew the nursing would save me a lot of money and…Continue reading 5 Nursing Tips for the New Mom
Tips for Preparing for Labor and Birth
(Original photo by my friend, Alicia I!) Many people tell me that they would rather just go with the flow for labor and that’s perfectly okay. Some people are planners and they like to have an idea of what they would want or what they think would help them. I’m not a planner but I…Continue reading Tips for Preparing for Labor and Birth