Christmas. Dun dun dun, it’s coming. I know you likely don’t want to think about it, in fact you may be in denial about it’s inevitable arrival but I am telling you… IT IS COMING AND YOU CAN’T STOP IT! Last year, Christmas snuck up on me and seriously bit me in the ass. I ended up doing way too much last minute shopping which meant I spent way too much money. It was honestly the first time in my life where Christmas shopping felt like a huge chore that was all about commercialism and sensationalism; I found myself feeling read more…

I wanted to cloth diaper and my spouse did not want to. What did I do… When I was pregnant with my first baby, Oskar, I knew I wanted to use cloth diapers. Initially, I was motivated to look into them because it felt like the right thing to do. I had some vague, basic knowledge about disposable diapers and I knew they were not an environmentally friendly choice. At about the 6 month point of my pregnancy, my Hubby and I began seriously discussing cloth diapers as an option and I was surprised to find that he was not read more…

You may already know I am a cloth diaper pimp. Yeah that’s right, I pimp cloth diapers out every and any chance I get because I think they are the bomb. To me, it doesn’t make any sense to use anything but cloth diapers and I have outlined my reasons for using them here and here in previous blog posts. I have been cloth diapering for nearly 4 years now and I would say I am almost a cloth diapering master. I can usually trouble shoot almost every cloth diapering issue and anything I don’t know, I can quickly find read more…

Have I told you I freakin love Twitter! Sorry to be repetitive but I do. For Moms especially, Twitter is a very good thing. If you haven’t joined yet, get on it! Did you know there is a huge cloth diapering community on Twitter full of way cool Mommies? Well there is and one of the coolest Moms out there (other than myself of course) is @KimRosas writer of the blog Dirty Diaper Laundry. She had this brilliant idea to try and get cloth diapers featured on the Ellen Show so they could be showcased to a wider audience. As read more…

In Honour of World Breastfeeding Week Today I took a walk with my family through Cathedral Grove, an old growth forest on Vancouver Island with enormous trees, some that are over 800 years old. It is one of the most gorgeous and majestic places I have ever had the privilege to visit. A beautiful, natural place to do one of the most beautiful, natural things: breastfeed my baby Angus. World Breastfeeding Week Website: http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/ Cathedral Grove Website: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/macmillan/