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The Worst Part of After Giving Birth: and how you might be able to avoid it
This practice is not pleasant and can happen every 15 or so minutes for the first two hours after birth, depending on how your uterus is contracting back down. But there are a lot of mixed messaging around fundal massage and not all healthcare providers perform them. Be sure to talk to your doctor during…
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Things I Wish I Knew About After Giving Birth
It’s hard to gather the full picture when everything you’re reading is piecemealed. You’ll read a little bit about pregnancy over here, then a little bit about birthing techniques over here, and then a little tiny bit about postpartum over there. I thought I was well prepared, but these few things caught me by surprise…
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How To Create A Birth Plan
There are a lot of choices to make and things to consider around giving birth, and creating a birth plan can help organize all your thoughts and decision making. The main purpose of a birth plan is to communicate your preferences with your healthcare team; i.e. your preferences for pain management, skin-to-skin, breastfeeding, delayed chord…
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Empowering Kids with Mindfulness: Building Little Kids Mental Health from the Start
From moving meditation activities, to bath time water therapy, breathing exercises, kids yoga and favorite mindfulness apps, laying a foundation of mindfulness for little kids as early as we can will help them navigate life’s up’s and down’s better than we did.
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Easy and Half Done For You Halloween Activities for Kids with The Cool Kids Club
I think it’s safe to say we’re all ready to make this Halloween season a breeze for us and a blast for our kids, yeah? We want those memorable moments – but don’t want the mess and stress. We want our kids engaged in activities that are away from screens and that work on fine…
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It’s Cuddle and Read Season: Our Favorite Fall Empowerment Children’s Books
As parents, we’re always on the lookout for ways to empower our kids, to teach them about bravery, feelings, inclusivity, and all those important values. To me, the best way to have a silent teacher for all of this is through books.
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Bubble Belly Breathing: A Fun Way to Ease Kids’ Anxiety
If you have a tiny human who sometimes wrestles with anxiety (just like mine), I’ve got a cute little trick for you – Bubble Belly Breathing. It’s a mindfulness breathing exercise that easily grabs kids attentions and sounds more fun than just “taking deep breaths” to calm down. The Lifelong Foundation Anxiety doesn’t discriminate by…
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Creating Calm After School: A Kindergarten Routine
As a parent of a new kindergartner, I’ve experienced the wild whirlwind that often comes with most kids when they get home from school. During the first week, my little guy would come home overtired, hangry, and, frankly, not pleasant to be around. He was far from his best self, and it got me thinking…
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When expecting my first child, I felt completely lost in the adulting side of having a baby.
You know, the important tasks that aren’t as fun as decorating the nursery or organizing tiny baby clothes? My employer (County Government) didn’t have a straight forward policy where I was guaranteed 6-weeks off paid or unpaid. It all depended on how much vacation and sick time I had accrued and if I qualified under…
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5 Easy Things to do on a Regular Basis to Empower Kids and Build Their Self-Esteem
self confidence is the ultimate human superpower. Here are 5 easy things to do on a regular basis to empower kids and build their self esteem