As I'm preparing for the birth of our third baby, I can’t help but look back on my two previous births and compare each experience. With the birth of my eldest, Leslie, it was with an OB. While things went fairly smoothly, I did not get the birth...
Eight is Great!
Eight years ago today, I was in Labour & Delivery bent over an exam table in agony as my uterus tried to turn itself inside out. I was terrified, not just of the pain (though my labour was crazy intense), but of the responsibility of parenthood. I...
Disney•Pixar’s Coco Is Now Available on Blu-ray
Disney•Pixar’s Coco is the story of a 12-year-old aspiring musician’s extraordinary journey to the magical land of his ancestors. After winning the 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Motion Picture and earning 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, this...
Little Me Tomorrow – A Unique Personalized Children’s Book on Kickstarter
You all know how much we love books around here. When I was pregnant with Tee, our friends and family members brought their favourite book to the baby shower to help us start her first library before she was even born because kids should grow up...
Our New Filmmaker Uses the #ZTE #GrandXView2 Tablet
A few weeks ago we were in Costco when Tee spied something on the bargain book table that immediately caught her attention and may have set her on a new career path. It was a LEGO Make Your Own Movie guide to stop-motion animation. Tee has decided...
Lady and the Tramp: Walt Disney Signature Collection Blu-ray
Great news for Disney fans everywhere! Disney's cherished animated classic Lady and the Tramp, first released in 1955, is now available in a Walt Disney Signature Collection edition on Digital and Movie Anywhere, and on Blu-ray on February 27.
9 Common Myths About Cloth Diapers
In all my years of cloth diapering and talking about cloth diapering, I’ve run into a lot of myths and misconceptions about cloth diapers. If you’re new to cloth diapering or you’re considering taking the plunge, you may have heard...
6 Benefits of Martial Arts Classes for Kids
Tee has been taking karate classes since she was four and a half. Believe me when I say there is seriously nothing cuter than a preschooler dressed in a tiny karate gi! Over the past three years, I’ve learned first-hand the benefits of martial...
5 Tips to Create A Cozy Winter Bedtime Retreat
Brrr! February might only be 28 days long, but it sure feels longer than that to me. Don’t get me wrong. I know that our West Coast winters are mild compared to everywhere else in Canada, but when my feet feel like ice cubes all winter long...
Krystal’s Birth Story: Placental Abruption
I had heard from a friend that I would know when I was in labour because there is something called a “bloody show.” A “bloody show” is what I saw when I woke up at 10:30pm the night of January 12th, 2014, at 38+2 weeks. I coughed and felt a gush of...
30 Tips to Help Your Fussy Baby Stop Crying
It's a fact of life that babies cry. Babies cry for many reasons, and sometimes for seemingly no reason at all. Some cry more than others, but chances are you will have at least a few times (and probably many more!) when you want to pull your hair...
On Being the Tooth Fairy
We've been waiting months for Tee's tooth to finally come out. Literally months. Tonight her tooth was basically just dangling there, and I was finally able to convince Tee it would be worse to swallow it in her sleep than to let me give it a tug...