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What it’s like to have a child

January 18, 2019 By Lauren McClain

What it’s like to have a child

I’ve been slow about the blog lately. The perils of paid work: It’s hard to get to the unpaid work, even if you love both. I did write this poem for my mom’s birthday and thought I’d share because, well, motherhood. I’m doing a series on my feelings concerning the gravitas of parenting. The pressure, the […]

Filed Under: Not strictly birth and babies, Peaceful Parenting

Your Baby Is A Horcrux

October 30, 2017 By Lauren McClain

Your Baby Is A HorcruxIt seems like the right time to point out to all my fellow mothers that what we are doing here is meddling with the dark arts. Every time you have a baby, you’re essentially creating a horcrux. Think about it. 1. A horcrux is something in which you place a fragment of your soul. Creepy, [...]

Filed Under: Not strictly birth and babies

Print & Play This Game for Mother’s Day

May 9, 2017 By Lauren McClain

Print & Play This Game for Mother’s DayPlanning your Mother's Day? Try this simple, fun, and heartwarming game with the family. When my sister and I were in our late elementary school years, we spent the day before Mother's Day writing questions on colorful index cards. The next day, after the family meal, we pulled them out and presented The Mom Game. [...]

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Men Help Less Than They Think

July 21, 2016 By Lauren McClain

Men Help Less Than They ThinkWhat Men Do Men do more at home than they ever have, but it's not as much as they think and it doesn't come close to what women do. This may not surprise you. Before children, research shows that modern young couples do about the same amount of domestic work. But after having a baby, women [...]

Filed Under: Not strictly birth and babies, Peaceful Parenting

Stress and Everything Else: What You Pass on to your Children

July 6, 2016 By Lauren McClain

Stress and Everything Else: What You Pass on to your Children

Epigenetics: Baby Learns about Life from Womb Babies learn about the world they will live in from their time in utero. That means that they expect the world to be similar to their experience gestating. A new study shows that women who were stressed during pregnancy have babies with oxytocin receptor genes that are more easily turned […]

Filed Under: Birth Science, Healthy Pregnancy, Not strictly birth and babies

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