Posts Tagged ‘For Parents’
First Person; Marloes Koning, mom to twins
Marloes Koning is a mom of almost-7-year-old boy/girl twins. She talked to us about her experience of pregnancy and her postpartum period with twins, including dealing with postpartum anxiety. What…
Read MoreResources For Parents of Multiples
Resources for Expectant ParentsIf you’re expecting multiples, taking a Multiples Childbirth Education class is an invaluable learning experience and an amazing opportunity to bond with other parents who are soon…
Read MoreInterview with Kristin Kali, LM CPM, MAIA Midwifery and Fertility
Kristin Kali, LM CPM, is a licensed midwife who provides care for “all families, all family structures, genders, and orientations,” with a focus on LGBTQ families through her practice MAIA…
Read MoreInterview Rowan, a Mom and a Transgender Man
Could you tell us about yourself and your family?My funky little family consists of my son (Little Padraig), and my two partners (Big Padraig and Nic), and me. All three…
Read MoreParent Corner Dads Need Support, Too!
You are a father now. Whoa. You and your partner have a little human to care for. Things are changing fast. We learn right away that when we become parents…
Read MoreInterview Nicholas Kasovac, MA, R-DMT, IMH-E(II)®, Infant Family Specialist and founder of the DAD Project
Can you tell us a bit about The DAD Project? It’s called The DAD Project, which stands for Dads And Development. It’s a place for Dads and Infants to learn…
Read MoreLesbian Co-Mothers and Transition to Motherhood
A small qualitative study published in the March 2017 issue of Perspective, the journal of Britain’s National Childbirth Trust (NCT), focused on the experiences of the non-birth mother in a…
Read MoreSeattle Dadvocate: Interview with Chris Casazza
In celebration of Father’s Day this month, we reached out to Chris Casazza, a Licensed Counselor whose primary focus is working with fathers, to gain some perspective about how perinatal…
Read MoreMy baby won’t sleep!
Baby not sleeping? That’s actually normal. By Macall Gordon, M.A. gentle sleep coach, www.thatfirstyear.com “Hi, I’m calling about getting some help with sleep for our 4-month-old… We’ve been… um…nursing her to…
Read MoreWhat do we even know, believe, think about sleep?
by Amity Kramer, owner Thresholds www.thresholds.info Sleep is the priceless gift that many parents, maybe even you, fear will be lost forever. It is a reasonable worry because your sleep…
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