Healthy Living
Reading Time: 5 minutes Do you want to learn how to use essential oils for your family? These three essential oils are some of the easiest and least expensive to use. They’re perfect to give as gifts for new moms who want to explore natural remedies for their families! By Mary of The Encouraging Home, Contributing Writer Essential oils […]
Archives for September 2012
Healthy HomeGluten-Free Chock Full Rounds
Reading Time: 3 minutes Guest Post from Sara of Your Thriving Family I made a version of the Lactation Cookies Erin has here on The Humbled Homemaker a while back. They were and are good, but I have refined them a bit since then. Actually the first night I made them we had those and fruit for dinner. At […]
Benefits of Charting Your Cycle…During Any Season of Life
Reading Time: 5 minutes As we continue our our series– “After Baby Comes: Postpartum Recovery Tips & Blessings for New Moms”–today we’re talking about the benefits of charting your menstrual cycle, no matter your current life season! Want to start charting yourself? I recommend Fertility Flower, a FREE online service that can help you understand your cycle better than […]
9 More Ways to Naturally Induce Labor {part 3 of my 3rd baby’s birth}
Reading Time: 6 minutes This post gives 9 PROVEN ways to naturally induce labor. I used these methods to induce labor at almost 42 weeks pregnant. I had a 3-hr. labor with NO meds! Today I wanted to give you some insight into how I avoided a labor induction at almost 42 weeks pregnant. I used the following ways […]
Herbs All Moms Should Know About
Reading Time: 6 minutes Guest Post by Jasmine Bass of Thyme and Timber Today we continue our series– “After Baby Comes: Postpartum Recovery Tips & Blessings for New Moms.” I’m blessed to have a full line-up of very talented guest posters, so I can recovery and enjoy my new sweet baby! Today, Jasmine is giving us a great tutorial […]
How To Help a New Mama After Her Baby Arrives
Reading Time: 9 minutes New mothers really need, and deserve, as much help as they can get from their friends and family. Here are 9 things moms with newborns wish you would do for them! Help a new mama by surprising her with something onthis list. Guest Post by Emily McClements of Live Renewed Emily is giving us some WONDERFUL […]
What Happens When You Go Past Your Due Date… {part 2 of my third baby’s birth story}
Reading Time: 4 minutes Baby Girl will be one month old on September 22, and this week I’m finally sharing her birth story! Be sure to go back and read part 1 here! This is a terrible phone pic…but it’s my last pic pregnant. I was 41 weeks here! As I wrote in part 1 of my third baby’s […]
Using Red Raspberry Tea for Pregnancy & Postpartum {Red Raspberry Leaf Tea Recipe}
Reading Time: 5 minutes Today we continue our series–“After Baby Comes: Postpartum Recovery Tips & Blessings for New Moms.” I’m blessed to have a full line-up of very talented guest posters, so I can recover and enjoy my new sweet baby! Today, Paula is educating us about the benefits of red raspberry leaf tea in both pregnancy and the […]
Being Spiritually Prepared for Birth {part 1 of my third baby’s birth story!}
Reading Time: 4 minutes Even at 41 weeks pregnant, I wasn’t ready–emotionally and spiritually–for my baby to come. I had to give my fears to God and trust in his love and care. “Waiting is just a gift of time in disguise — a time to pray, wrapped up in a ribbon of patience — because is the Lord […]
Healthy FamilyChoosing to Send Your Child to Preschool
Reading Time: 4 minutes The past three weeks of life at my house have been full of newness: learning to nurse a newborn all over again, adjusting to life with three little girls and sending my oldest baby off to preschool. But wait? Wasn’t it around last year this time that I wrote that I didn’t think preschool was […]
Making a New Mama Basket
Reading Time: 5 minutes Inside: Making a new mama gift basket is so easy if you have the right tips! This post gives exactly what every mama needs right after giving birth. Every baby should be celebrated and every mama spoiled! These new mama gift basket ideas will help take the guess work out of making a new mama […]
Exiting the Darkness {My Journey through Postpartum Depression}
Reading Time: 5 minutes Today we continue our series–”After Baby Comes: Postpartum Recovery Tips & Blessings for New Moms.” I’m blessed to have a full line-up of very talented guest posters, so I can recovery and enjoy my new sweet baby! Today, Sara Elizabeth is giving us a glimpse into her journey through postpartum depression. Her story is strikingly similar […]
Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Use Your Crock Pot!
Reading Time: 3 minutes A crock pot is one of the best kitchen tools for homemakers! Here are 10 great reasons to love your slow cooker. Today we continue our series–“After Baby Comes: Postpartum Recovery Tips & Blessings for New Moms.” I’m blessed to have a full line-up of very talented guest posters, so I can recovery and enjoy […]
Postpartum Depression: 5 Ways to Beat the Baby Blues–Naturally
Reading Time: 4 minutes Postpartum depression is very common, but there are some specific things you can do to beat the baby blues–naturally and holistically! Guest post by Jenna Orme of Wholesome Bits It caught me off guard. Coming from out of nowhere. I felt alone. Helpless. Hurt and worst, feeling I had no hope. These are the emotions […]
Using up and Freezing an Abundance of Peppers
Reading Time: 4 minutes Do you have extra peppers? That’s a good thing! Peppers are full of health benefits, and they’re extremely versatile for recipes. Here’s how to freeze an abundance of peppers from your garden or the grocery store, plus a list of delicious recipes that use peppers. I don’t pretend to be a master gardener. In fact, […]
