Have you wondered what you can do with your breast pump when you no longer need it? Medela has created Medela Recycles, a program designed to allow more moms the opportunity to breastfeed—supported by the recycling of… Read More »What to Do With Your Old Breast Pump? Medela Recycles and Donates!
You don’t have to start out big-or even outside-to get kids growing their own food! Check out these 4 easy ways to get started! I have been so moved by the excitement my kids have… Read More »Pique Kids’ Interest in Vegetables: Grow Your Own!
Mother Words blogger Jenny Raphael considers the oh-so-current issue of what it means to “free range” parent and how she handles it with her own sons, come what may. Since the weather broke, we’ve… Read More »Free Range in the City: Excerpt from Mother Words
Rebecca Conroy, mom of Trixie Owl age 3.5 and newborn Liam Forest, gives us a front row seat for all of her adventures with her expanding family in Rebecca’s ongoing series. There will be wisdom and joy, and… Read More »Tales from the Front Lines: Life with a Newborn
Shayna Gehl, author of the blog The Disheveled Parent, and part of our family at A Child Grows tells us the truth. The kind of truth we are sometimes afraid to admit even to ourselves. … Read More »Would You Judge Me If You Knew?
Parents everywhere are leading parallel lives on this front. How many “searches” for lost things have we all endured with our littles? Here is how my children look for something they’ve lost: “MOM! Where’s my (shin… Read More »Lost & Not Found: Excerpt from Mother Words
I love entertaining, having friends, family and neighbors over for dinner. Once those dinners started to include kids, I started to notice something, moms always have a list of things their kids won’t eat, or… Read More »Are You Raising Picky Eaters
With lots of outdoor activities, spring sports, and later-than-usual bedtimes as we approach the summer months, we still make time to read with the kids nearly every night before bed. Check out our current favorites… Read More »Time to Read! May Round Up of Our Favorite Kids Books
Butter Beans brings their Food & Garden Summer Camp to Brooklyn this year and they are offering one A Child Grows family a free week of camp! Here is a description of their program. It… Read More »Giveaway: One Week of Butter Beans Food & Garden Summer Camp!
Heidi Lengel, A Child Grows contributor, mom of two and local expert on all things doula shares her wisdom on the best practices when hiring a doula for birth support. Looking to hire a birth… Read More »How to Hire a Doula