by Homegrown Families | Jan 9, 2017 | Parenting, Postpartum, What's the 411?
Q: After the holidays, with lots of sugar and “treats,” I’m having a hard time getting my family back into a groove with healthy eating and energy levels. Do you have any advice on setting the re-set button post-holidays? A: Oh holiday eating! I think we all do it,...
by Homegrown Families | Jan 9, 2017 | Blog, Postpartum, Uncategorized
Was there an explosion of paper and packages and pretty bows at your house over the holidays? Grandparents, aunts and uncles dutifully spoiling your little one on their first Christmas or eight days of little trinkets and treasures given? Now the New Year has dawned...
by Homegrown Families | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog, Breastfeeding, Postpartum
When you are pregnant people are always quick to tell you how you should birth your baby and be prepared to function on very little sleep. You’ll turn into a “mombie” they tell you. At first you think you can handle it. Afterall, you were in your...
by Homegrown Families | Jun 14, 2016 | Blog, Parenting, Postpartum
I don’t have my shit together. My guess is right now you a) don’t believe me when I say that or b) you are nodding and whispering, “me too” at your phone right now. And why do I not have my shit together you ask? Because let’s be real, this motherhood gig is no joke....
by Homegrown Families | Mar 22, 2016 | Blog, Postpartum
I recall a conversation once with a client and her husband talking about sex at our postpartum visit. It went something like this… Dad: “So how soon can we have sex again?” Mother: “Oh hunny! This right here is like a hot dog in a hallway. I don’t think either of us...
by Homegrown Families | Mar 10, 2016 | Blog, Breastfeeding, Postpartum
During pregnancy, we focus so much on the birth itself, that we often overlook the postpartum time; we write birth plans but don’t plan for what our needs will be after baby arrives. This time is so precious and fleeting; taking a moment to think through those first...
