Category Archives: Managing Motherhood

Confused about how to get everything done as a mother? How to do everything to get ready for baby? How to get three meals on the table every day? Managing motherhood is the category for you ;)

Menu Plan Monday - Testing Courses

I’ve decided since I’m going to be working intensively on our nutrition that I’ll join the Menu Plan Monday brigade :D  Deciding this late I’m just barely going to make it on Monday
I’ve decided to try serving multiple-course suppers this week, in the hopes of actually filling my family of bottomless pits up.  [...]

Prepping for a 30-day food challenge

I hope you enjoyed a good holiday season! Ours was nice - plenty of time to enjoy the kids, and plenty of time to be overwhelmed with presents! Aside from my sewing machine I think my favorite gift is Julia Child’s Mastering The Art of French Cooking, which I requested and received from [...]

Family Rhythm and Atmosphere

I recently posted an article on setting up a routine and schedule for your baby - and I’ve written how you can bring a schedule to your family’s days.  There’s more to a nourishing family life than just a strict schedule, however.  Having your schedule to be an actual rhythm that flows through the day [...]

Lying In - How to Enjoy Your First Week Postpartum

A custom many traditional societies had for new mothers, and one still honored in many cultures is a “lying in” period.  This was and is a time period when the mother was to focus on her baby - others took care of the mother and her household.  In some cultures this could be a very [...]

Freezer Cooking for Postpartum

I’ve mentioned that I did a big cooking session to fill the freezer so there would be plenty of meals for postpartum. I thought I’d write a post on how I went about my “once a month cooking” adventure :p
Here’s what my freezer looks like now that I’ve cooked - there are about 44 [...]

Tackling a Tough Room

One of my biggest goals has been to get the house organized before the baby comes. I used it as an example in an article on how to set goals because it was something I’ve been working with actively. I’m really pleased to say that most of my organizing is done and I [...]

Every Two Weeks

Baby is starting to seem more and more real.  Starting from our appointment last night we’ll be seeing the midwife every two weeks now.  That’s crazy!  How did I get so far along?!  Where have the past few months gone?  Hah!  More on the appointment later.
Anyways, I’ve been scarce lately.  Scott and I have done [...]

Faliure and Frustration

These are two feelings that mothers feel a whole lot. And there’s not much anybody can say to take them away.
I wish that I could say that I’ve come to a place in my mothering where I’m not effected by feelings of failure but I can’t. In fact, right now I’m dealing with [...]

Motherhood and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

Wondering what motherhood has to do with the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics?
A lot.
This law says that heat doesn’t go from a colder body to a warmer body - it can only flow in one direction, and that natural process is irreversible.  The rest of the law states that all natural things move toward increasing entropy.  [...]

The Art of Moving On

I have an intense dislike of getting to the end of a given week and feeling as if I have gotten “nothing done.” I look at my planner and my lists and feel like nothing has been crossed off and nothing has been accomplished.
I sit and wonder why all this stuff [...]