Family Calendar and Schedule

As life with children gets more complicated, when each family member has their own schedule, it helps keep everyone organized with a family calendar. Choose a simple solution. Don’t opt for the fanciest software. Don’t opt for a day planner unless you really do need to plan whole days. Look at your needs before you … Read more

Getting Started with Reusable Menstrual Products

If you use cloth diapers for your babies and if you are looking for waste-free, reusable products in the rest of your life, it’s a natural next step to keep the change coming and use cloth menstrual pads or a diva cup. Getting started is easy. The quickest way to start: borrow your baby’s diaper … Read more

Abdominal Support During Pregnancy

Once you add an extra 30lbs of weight right up front during pregnancy, your body needs extra support. Abdominal exercises can give you that support, and a pregnancy support band can give you more help when needed. Ideally, exercises throughout your pregnancy will build your abdominal muscles to support the weight of your growing baby. … Read more

Caring for Cloth Pads and Menstrual Cups

Another easy product to replace with reusables is menstrual pads or tampons. Instead, you can use cloth menstrual pads or menstrual cups. I keep saying that using cloth diapers, cloth baby wipes, cloth kitchen towels and other reusable products is easy, but that’s only after you cross over that lack of familiarity to the other side. If you haven’t washed … Read more