How to remove a crib sticker without chemicals

Step 1: Wait until your baby learns to stand and has a few sharp teeth.

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Step 2: Release your baby into the crib. Continue reading!

What am I doing with my life?

Have you ever asked Google this question? The answers are not inspiring.

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We’re still eating (plus, spices and herbs for baby!)

If I haven’t written about food much lately, it’s because we are too busy cooking it and eating it. Life sometimes feels like one big whirlwind of food preparation, and even I get sick of thinking about it! We have been carving away at our stores of goodies from last year’s farm season and have tragically finished our freezer meat, canned tomatoes, and sweet potatoes. We are down to just six lonely butternut squashes.

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Cloth Diapering: beyond 6 months

If my first post on cloth diapers left you hungry for more (or is that just me?!), today is your lucky day.

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There is no end to the tales I could tell about our diapering adventures. Continue reading!

A nap story

Do you ever obsess and obsess and obsess about something (like, I don’t know, diaper rash), and then, one day, it’s all resolved and not even an issue anymore?

Here’s the fascinating (or endless) story of Beatrice’s naps.

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For the first two weeks of her life, Beatrice was on the perfect textbook newborn sleep schedule: sleep for two hours, eat, get a fresh diaper. I could tell the time by where she was in her routine.

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Erik and I smugly congratulated each other about a million times. Taking care of a baby was so easy, and we were obviously excelling at it! Continue reading!