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Fertility Flower Giveaway!

by on Aug 21, 2011 in bellies & babies, news & giveaways

Fertility Flower is a website that helps couples grow their families or practice natural means of avoiding pregnancy using the sympto-thermal method. It’s very comprehensive, and intuitive. This tool will help you track your fertile stages through temperature charting and other symptoms. Fertility Flower differs from other standard fertility tracking with these features: the attractiveness [...]

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Good Things Come in Squirmy Packages

by on Aug 17, 2011 in bellies & babies, building the family

Guest post by Amanda Bacon from Bacon Bites. Chances are if you have been out in public with more than one child in tow, you have heard comments similar to these: “Wow, you have your hands full!” “My!  You sure are busy!” “I don’t know how you do it!” “You’re brave for bringing them all [...]

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Simple Snacks for Busy Mamas

by on Aug 05, 2011 in bellies & babies, recipes & kitchen tips

Post by Contributing Writer, Michele of Frugal Granola Although it’s nice to have healthy snacks available for everyone in the family, there are certain seasons of motherhood where they’re pretty essential. During early pregnancy, small protein-dense snacks can help with morning sickness. Later on in pregnancy, snacks can fuel you through the day, when you [...]

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Preparing for A New Baby: Essentials?

by on Jul 22, 2011 in bellies & babies

I have humored myself by all the things that I have bought and sold on craigslist in preparation for each of our kids. I’ve tried this swing, and that stroller, and this bouncer. There is this certain hype and excitement about having a baby that leads you to want to find the best of everything [...]

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Practical Preparation Tips for Postpartum

by on Jul 20, 2011 in bellies & babies

Postpartum baby blues affect 50-70% of women recovering from the birth of a child. It is a reality that is important to acknowledge and prepare for. It is important to realize that dealing with a large range of emotions after birth is very common. There are extreme changes happening in your body from various hormones [...]

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Preparing My Heart for Motherhood

by on Jul 18, 2011 in bellies & babies, faith & womanhood

With each new little one that the Lord chose to bless us with, there is a certain amount of preparation and pruning that my heart must go through before being in a place to welcome them with open hands. I honestly go through serious withdraws as the last few weeks of pregnancy linger over me. [...]

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Sprout Change Cloth Diaper Giveaway!

by on Jun 11, 2011 in bellies & babies, news & giveaways

We have been recently trying out a new style of cloth diaper called Sprout Change (a product of the Willow Store). It is a one-size (fitting babies between 5-40 lbs), custom fit, economical, hybrid style diaper without the fuss. It has unique adjustable interior elastic system ensuring the perfect fit for your baby, and its [...]

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Favorite Reads on Motherhood

by on May 27, 2011 in bellies & babies

I wanted to finish out our series this month on motherhood by sharing a few of my favorite resources on the topic. These are excellent books to help inspire you further! Mission of Motherhood: Touching Your Child’s Heart for Eternity by Sally Clarkson – my all time favorite book on motherhood drawing our hearts to [...]

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Little Souls Entrusted to Our Care

by on May 25, 2011 in bellies & babies

“God designed motherhood to be a deeply meaningful role. We mothers have the opportunity to influence eternity by building a spiritual legacy in the lives of our children. Through our teaching and influence, morality can be learned and modeled, love and kindness are taught and received, purpose and vision are ignited and passed on.“ – [...]

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Motherhood: My Only Gems

by on May 24, 2011 in bellies & babies

“She came tonight as I sat alone, the girl I used to be… And she gazed at me with her earnest eye and questioned reproachfully; Have you forgotten the many plans and hopes that I had for you? The career, the splendid fame, and all the wonderful things to do? Where is the mansion of [...]

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