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May 24, 2019
4 min

Rear-Facing Until At Least Age 2 Please

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

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Dec 10, 2018
4 min

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...

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Dec 6, 2018
6 min

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 m...

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Chiropractic and Acupuncture iIn Pregnancy and Birth

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Dec 4, 2018
5 min

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 agai...

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Letting Our Children LEARN to Play In The Park

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Dec 4, 2018
3 min

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 ex...

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Dec 4, 2018
4 min

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 breast...

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Preparing your child (children) for a new sibling

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Dec 4, 2018
5 min

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 ...

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Nov 29, 2018
3 min

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 p...

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