Reading Time: 3 minutes Whereas hearty soups often rule our dinner table during the fall and winter, one of my favorite dishes to make in the spring and summer are light and refreshing pasta salads! By using fresh, seasonal veggies, you can make an easy, delicious dish that can serve as a snack, side dish or even light […]
Motherhood & FamilyHyperemesis Gravidarum: Much More than Severe Morning Sickness
Reading Time: 6 minutesHyperemesis Gravidarum is a severe medical condition that some women battle during pregnancy. Here’s one mom’s story of struggle with HG, and encouragement to other moms with this illness. May 15 is Hyperemesis Gravidarum World Awareness Day, and I’m delighted to have my good friend Lexie of Lexie: Naturals guest posting again! I hope you’re truly blessed […]
Potty Training Readiness Signs
Reading Time: 3 minutesBefore diving headfirst into potty training your toddler, check to see if they have these common potty training readiness signs. Today we continue our potty training mini series as part of our ongoing “The First Years” series that is covering the most precious little years! After Alina Joy’s intriguing and inspiring post on infant potty […]
10 Reasons We Opted to Give Birth at a Birth Center
Reading Time: 6 minutesA birth center has many advantages as a birth location. Here’s why one mom opted to labor and deliver her baby in a birthing center instead of in the hospital or at home. Guest Post by Leigh Ann of Intentional by Grace This post is part of the Pregnancy: A Natural Phenomenon series. There are […]
Remembering the Missteps of Baby’s First Year
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy baby girl is nearly 19 months. Nineteen months! Each day, my sweet girl looks less like a baby and more like a toddler. While she used to sleep in my arms for hours, she rarely sits still long enough now for me to hold her. She comes up with new words every day, and […]
Lysol, Bleach and Keepin’ It Real…
Reading Time: 2 minutesHere at The Humbled Homemaker, I like to keep things real. I’m not perfect. I’ve been humbled. I mess up all the time. I’m just.like.you! And sure, I blog a lot about natural/green living–like using cloth diapers, making homemade cleaning products and how to live a more natural lifestyle. But do I ALWAYS live a […]
Infant Potty Training
Reading Time: 6 minutesToday we begin a weekly mini series on potty training as part of the ongoing “The First Years” series on Fridays. I’m delighted to have Alina Joy from Happy Unconventional Life guest posting today on infant potty training! Guest Post by Alina Joy of Happy Unconventional Life My first baby was exactly 90 days old […]
We Can’t Name and Claim Our Health: The Real Truth about Real Food
Reading Time: 4 minutes This post may be a little controversial, but it’s something that’s been weighing on my heart for a while. And I recently discovered that I’m not the only one who’s been burdened to share. When I started researching holistic health and real food, it wasn’t long before I realized that the whole concept of […]
Real Food Chocolate Fudge Recipe & Wholesome Comfort Cookbook Review
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday, I have the wonderful opportunity to share with you a recipe for a yummy, real-food chocolate fudge from Modern Alternative Mama’s eCookbook, Wholesome Comfort: Whole Food to Warm and Nourish Your Family! I own nearly all of Kate’s eBooks, but I have to say Wholesome Comfort is my favorite. In this book, she […]
HomeRecipe for a Toxin-Free Kitchen: 10 Homemade Kitchen Cleaners
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday, you’ll find me over at Keeper of the Home, where I’m giving 10 recipes for homemade kitchen cleaners! Here’s an excerpt: As we near the end of our “Spring Clean the Toxins” theme this month, let’s develop a recipe for a toxin-free kitchen. After all, the kitchen is often the center of the home, and it’s where […]
Health5 Shortcuts from Frump to Pump
Reading Time: 1 minuteImage by eflonToday I’m posting over at Christian Mommy Blogger again. In this post, I’ll give you 5 shortcuts to help you get rid of your “frump” and get “pump”! Here’s an excerpt: When I was a teenager–and even as a newlywed–I spent at least an hour getting ready every morning. I would shower, dry and […]
The Downward Spiral to Frump
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImage by Joe Shlabotnik Today and tomorrow I’m guest posting for Christian Mommy Blogger’s “Frump to Pump” Challenge. Here’s an excerpt of today’s post: When my husband and I first married, we both worked full-time outside the home. Naturally, we dressed up for work. My wardrobe consisted of lots of black dress pants and cute, colorful […]
Easy Homemade Liquid Dish Soap
Reading Time: 2 minutesGet your dishes clean without toxins! Here’s a recipe for easy homemade liquid dish soap using just a few ingredients, like castile soap and essential oils. This month’s homemade homemaking recipe is for an easy homemade liquid dish soap! I’ll be the first to confess that in this season of life I mostly use my […]
She Took a Tiny Spark in Me and Fanned it into a Fiery Passion…
Reading Time: 3 minutesImage by redcargurl Pen poised to paper…I sat in the hard, wooden desk and wrote. Anything and nothing…and soon it became everything to me. Freewriting. She instructed us to liberally write whatever came to mind. It didn’t matter if we wrote about our worst wounds or the smudged stain on the carpet. As long as […]
A Tale of Two Births: Medicated vs. Natural Hospital Births, Part 2
Reading Time: 4 minutesBrandy had a medicated birth in the hospital for her first son, but knew she wanted to try for a natural birth with her second. Here’s her natural hospital birth story! By Brandy I’m thrilled to have Brandy back today! She’s giving us a look at her two very different birth stories. Check out Part 1 […]
