Our babyREADY Blog

The trauma of birthing

It shocks me that today, in a time when we see more and more hopeful & expectant parents feeling confident to “take charge” of the...

Rear-Facing Until At Least Age 2 - Updated April 2023

When teaching prenatal classes I spend a lot of time talking about car seat safety; how long children should be in specialized car seats,...

Where There's A Will ...

The coffee table conversation quiets to a near whisper when it’s been mentioned that one of the couples present has an appointment Monday...

Raising Boys Who Aren't Violent

I first wrote this post on December 06th, 2009. Since then we have seen the evolution of the #MeToo movement, deservedly so. I am the...

Chiropractic and Acupuncture iIn Pregnancy and Birth

People who know me, who know what I like and don’t like, know that I don’t always run with the most “popular” beliefs. I tend to run...

Letting Our Children LEARN to Play In The Park

(originally posted in the spring) The weather is nicer. The trees and grass are greening up and everyone is anxious to get outside and...

The Most Common Call

It always starts the same. I meet couples in my prenatal classes; we spend an informative 14 hours together (between prenatal and...

Preparing your child (children) for a new sibling

Many of the clients I work with have been with me since before their first child was born. When they find themselves pregnant with their...

How babyREADY was born

babyREADY was born out of our mutual love for having become mothers. I did not set out, in 1998, to change the world of birth and birth...