Motherhood & Family
Reading Time: 4 minutesEver wanted to compare medicated vs natural hospital births? Here’s a look at two very different birth stories from the same mom! Both babies were born in the hospital, but one had conventional medical interventions and one was a natural birth! By Brandy I have two very different birth stories to go along with two very different […]
Real Food Pregnancy Cheats and Short-Cuts
Reading Time: 3 minutesHave you cheated on your healthy diet during pregnancy? Give yourself some grace, mama! Here are some ways in which I’ve “cheated” this pregnancy. When reading blogs, it’s sometimes easy to think the blogger “has it all together.” It can make you feel defeated, unworthy and just downright depressed. Let me assure you that I […]
HomeWhen Sickness Keeps You Home
Reading Time: 2 minutesImage by Ambrose Little This was me this weekend. Ok, so the lady in the pic is not literally me, but this is pretty much how I spent my weekend–including Easter Sunday. Just over two weeks ago, both my girls came down with the nasty Norovirus–a really powerful stomach bug. Their symptoms lasted for a full […]
How to Achieve a Natural Birth in a Hospital: A Tale of 7 Natural Hospital Births
Reading Time: 7 minutesWith the right knowledge and attitude, you can have a natural birth in a hospital setting. Here’s what Christy learned from her 7 natural hospital births! By Christy, Contributing Writer “At the hospital they force you into taking all sorts of drugs, and they sneak things into your baby. I’ve heard real horror stories. That’s […]
Amazingly Easy Homemade Garlic Salt
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis homemade garlic salt is so easy, you’ll never need to buy it from the store again! Add this DIY garlic salt to your repertoire of homemade spices. This month’s Homemade Homemaking recipe for garlic salt is SO easy that I’m almost embarrassed to post it. But here goes… You know how I love to […]
Resources for a Natural Pregnancy
Reading Time: 4 minutesEducate yourself before you give birth! Here are the best books and documentaries to prepare for a natural pregnancy and birth! Today, I’m so excited to share with you some of my favorite resources for preparing for a natural birth! To be honest, I barely prepared for labor during my first pregnancy. I grew up […]
Everyday Opportunities: Meeting Someone Else’s Need
Reading Time: 3 minutesImage by hoboton Back in December, my netbook died. Right in the middle of trying to write, edit and format Real Food, Real Easy. Right in the middle of a tight blogging schedule (when I was contributing to three sites). Right in the middle of my virtual assistant job and freelance writing for the newspapers. It […]
10 Ingredients to Make from Scratch
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week, I posted on 10 Ingredients to Make from Scratch over at Keeper of the Home. Here’s an excerpt: When I first started cooking from scratch, it didn’t seem too hard. I gathered my ingredients and followed the recipes. But then one day it hit me: I wasn’t buying processed, pre-packaged meals anymore, but I […]
Making Working at Home Work for You–Part 2 of 2
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA few weeks ago I decided to step down from contributing to two amazing sites–Homemakers Challenge and Modern Alternative Mama. I still highly recommend these sites, but life was getting busier than it needed to be for a mother of two (almost three!) precious little girls, and I felt the Lord leading me to focus […]
Repurposing Baby Food Jars
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s hard to believe this is the final post in our Starting Solids series! Be sure to go back and check out the complete series (listed below) if you missed a post! In the last post in this series, I wrote about 6 ways to use up baby food purees. Today, we’re looking at repurposing […]
A Recipe for Real Food
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Elsie, Contributing Writer It’s been a year since I got real with food. These past twelve months or so I’ve tackled many new recipes, and, in the process, have learned that the real food journey is, itself, like following a recipe. It’s not a very precise recipe, and there’s no specific […]
OB or Midwife: Finding the Birth Provider that Works for You
Reading Time: 5 minutesIf you’re expecting, you’ve probably wondered: who should oversee your prenatal care and deliver your baby? Here’s how to choose between an OB or midwife as your birth provider! If you’re expecting a baby (or hope to sometime in the future)–especially for the first time–your mind is probably spinning with questions. Should you exercise while pregnant? What’s […]
Creative Gender Reveal Party Ideas
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday, we found out the sex of baby #3! (Scroll to the end if you just can’t wait to know!) I know lots of people these days like to be surprised and wait until the birth, but that’s just not us. And we decided that this go around, we’d do something creative to reveal the […]
Everyday Opportunities: “Mama” for a Day
Reading Time: 3 minutesImage by ckforjc His white-blond hair glistened in the sun and his sea-blue eyes danced when they saw me. The 2-year-old boy giggled as his grandmother pushed him in the swing. I smiled at them both, pushing my 1-year-old on the swing beside him. We hadn’t been to this park much, but it was one […]
6 Creative Uses for Leftover Baby Food Purees
Reading Time: 3 minutesInside: Do you have leftover baby food purees sitting around the house? Whether you used homemade or store-bought baby food, you’ll love these creative uses for leftover baby food purees! Related: 5 Finger Foods for Baby Is your baby all finished with baby food purees? Wait–don’t throw out that baby food! Here are six ways […]
