Early on a weekend morning you find yourself carting boxes full of old books and toys out on to your front lawn. Clothes you no longer wear, furniture that’s chipped, VHS tapes you’ve found in the basement; you put all those out too. You felt like you were up early enough yet there are already people there, ready to rummage…

How to decide when to stop breastfeeding By Tara Wilson www.dontlickthedeck.com Twitter: @nerdgirlmom Deciding when to wean her baby from the breast can be a very difficult decision for a mother to make. The current recommendation by the Canadian Paediatric Society is to breastfeed exclusively for the first six months of the baby’s life, and to encourage breastfeeding in conjunction with other…

by April McCormick  www.firsttimemomanddad.com  Twitter: @LoveLifeDIY All those fears and tears are completely normal. Motherhood is scary business! Those first few days home from the hospital can be terrifying. This is the time to trust your gut, a.k.a your ‘mother’s instinct’. It will get you though the fear and doubt it if you trust it. Breastfeeding is NOT “Plug and Chug!” Nursing…