How We Cloth Diaper – Pros and Cons

Whenever I discuss cloth diapering with someone who is totally sold on disposables, they are always surprised to hear that I don't think of it as extra effort at all. Maybe it is because this is our first baby and we don't know any better! All the same, I think there are several benefits to …

Hiking with a One Year Old

This summer was all about noticing how much life has changed for us as a family over a year.  For Miles, of course, his years' worth of growing opened up a whole new world of summer fun that was not quite accessible for him as a newborn.  For us as parents, we were able to …

Our Montessori Life at Six Months

The last three months have added smiles, giggles, and a budding love of reading, among so many other joys, to the infinite well of love I feel for my son.  In a flurry of developmental activity, he has eaten his first solid food (egg yolk), learned to wield a spoon with amazing accuracy, found his …

Mama’s Library for Pregnancy – Before, During, and After

Like most any other major (or minor) event in life, I prepared for motherhood by reading everything I could on the subject.  From the mainstream to the "woo-woo," I am now the proud owner of a stack of books that will most likely collect dust until my next pregnancy.  Ironically, my attention has been so …

Cloth Diapers – On the Road

I find that cloth diapering is just as easy at the grocery store (or on an airplane, or a trail, or anywhere!) as it is at home.  Since you don't need a trash can, you can stop just about anywhere and change a diaper, weather permitting.  Our summer baby's bottom did not come near a …

Cloth Diapers – The Diaper Station

In my last post, I detailed the basic system we have for covering baby's bottom.  However, much to the delight of many retailers, there is a bit more to any kind of diapering than the means you employ for containing the waste.  You need a place to change the baby and a strategy to keep …

How We Cloth Diaper – The Basics

While I was pregnant and furiously researching how to be the best mom ever, the topic that took the most time and caused me the most anxiety was diapering.  Only one thing seemed clear at the beginning: I wanted to use cloth diapers.  Being the naive, previously fairly successful internet researcher that I was, I …

Traveling with a Montessori Baby!

Pardon my absence - between fleeing a hurricane, delicately avoiding baby jet lag, and catching up on work, this blog has fallen slightly to the wayside.  In the meantime, a post has been stewing since I returned home from Virginia and mulled the finer points Miles' first cross country trip. Traveling with a baby does …

A Day in the Life of a Montessori Baby and his WAHM

I am truly grateful for all of the influences and gifts that have allowed me to parent in a way that truly feels right.  Job opportunities, finances, and education have come together to provide a pretty ideal circumstance to raise a little one.  However, there is one commodity that I could not possibly do without: …

The Dancer Mobile – Montessori DIY

Watching the baby delight in a mobile is one of the simple pleasures in my day right now.  Knowing that the Dancer Mobile he is enjoying is supporting his early Montessori education, was easy to DIY, and was cheap to boot is even better! I have to admit, the dancer mobile did not capture my …