Mommy Maven: Personalizing Your Baby Nursery with Monograms
I met Courtney Ronay and immediately fell in love with her company, Southern Nest. I am always looking for new nursery decorating ideas, and reached out to Courtney for advice on how to weave her gorgeous works into a beautiful personalized nursery design. … Read the rest
Mommy Maven: How to Choose the Best Babymoon
Are you pregnant? Then chances are you’ve heard something about this thing called a “babymoon” (or “baby moon”, depending on how you feel about spaces :). Babymoons are a relatively new idea, but a great one I might add! In a nutshell, a babymoon is the last vacation, hurrah, unadulterated sleep, totally selfish, whatever-you-want-to-call-it you are going to be able to take before becoming parents. … Read the rest
Paging Rosie: Should You Get a Prenatal Massage?
So many pregnant women I speak with spend a lot of their pregnancies missing their usual activities: enjoying a glass of wine with dinner, eating sushi, engaging in extremely high-impact sports. For many, getting a prenatal massage is one of the few indulgences from their pre-pregnancy days that they can still enjoy. … Read the rest
Time to Reflect: Is Your Relationship Baby-Ready?
When I work with parents preparing for a new baby, I’m often surprised at how frequently the discussion winds it way around to the state of the parents’ relationship with one another. Sometimes, I find myself thinking, why on earth do I wind up doing crazy things like leading a couples retreat when my main focus is always pregnancy and parenting? … Read the rest
How to Prepare Your Children for a New Sibling
So frequently parents come to me with concerns about how a second (or third, or fourth) child will impact the dynamic of their existing family. As someone who has been there, this is a topic very close to my heart and I think the introduction to a new sibling should be handled with delicacy, love, and with a lot of thought.… Read the rest
Rosie to the Rescue: The “Choice” to Work or Not
In case you missed it, here is a recent post from “Rosie to the Rescue”, my blog for Parents Magazine. Here I discuss the choice to work or not as a parent. Whether or not, not working is an option for you, it is important to remember the ultimate goal of doing what’s best for your family and feeling good about it. … Read the rest
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