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I’m not sure eating my placenta helped (but I would do it again!)

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I’m not sure eating my placenta helped (but I would do it again!)

I dabbled with the idea of consuming my placenta for quite a while. It seemed like a no brainer. Women raved about all the benefits of it - increasing iron stores, helping milk supply, replenish nutrients to the body, it seemed awesome. But the he idea of eating an organ (I hadn't eaten meat since 2006), let alone an organ that come out from my body wasn't something that appealed to me. Most of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Personal & Family, Placenta, Pregnancy & Birth Tagged With: afterbirth, birth, consume, eat, encapsulation, Ethan, labor, personal, placcenta, tincture

Why going back to work was good for my son and husband’s relationship

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Why going back to work was good for my son and husband’s relationship

I didn't want to go back to work after the birth of my son. I wanted to stay home with him with all my heart, but unfortunately my husband and I couldn't afford it. My husband had just graduated from college, but hadn't found better employment, leaving me as the primary breadwinner. I didn't actually mind the whole 'working' part, but I couldn't imagine leaving my son everyday. At 4 months old, we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Natural Parenting, Personal & Family Tagged With: Ethan, father, father son, huband, maternity leave, paternity leave, son, work

Our Typical Baby Bedtime Routine

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Our Typical Baby Bedtime Routine

Ever since we implemented a bedtime routine when Ethan was around 2 months old, our nights go pretty smoothly for the most part. For the first couple months of his life, we just let him sleep whenever and whereve he could - after all, him sleeping meant mommy and daddy sleeping! After a while, (and after getting used to the DockATot) we noticed he had begun to naturally develop his own sleeping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cosleeping & Sleep, Personal & Family Tagged With: bedtime, Ethan, routine, sleep. personal

Labor Bag Revisited

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It's been over 4 months since I gave birth to my son and brought my labor bag to the hospital. I packed what I thought I would need and left out some essentials that I didn't think I would need. I did the best I could based on the things I had learned about labor, but going through labor I have a much better perspective. When I had packed my bag to go to the hospital, it was important to me to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Personal & Family, Pregnancy & Birth Tagged With: Ethan, labor bag, reflections

Our Nursing Journey

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Our Nursing Journey

Breastfeeding was never supposed to be difficult after all, we're biologically designed to provide love and nutrition to our offspring in this way. I did all the right things during my pregnancy; attended child birth classes, watched videos, read books and even went to La Leche League meetings. I was prepared both mentally and physically to nurse my child. Somewhere though, something went wrong. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breastfeeding & Pumping, Natural Parenting, Personal & Family Tagged With: breastfeeding, difficult, Ethan, formula, nursing, supplement

About Mama Hippie

Hello, I'm Stephanie. I live in the United States with my husband, and 3 kids under 4. We're a cosleeping, babywearing, cloth diapering family. more?

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