A Heartfelt Look At My Worn Out Postpartum Body
How do you feel about your postpartum body? I imagine, quite possibly a lot like I feel about mine. It’s overweight. (Well, over the weight I want it to be). And stretched out, lumpy, sore, scarred,...
View ArticleJessa Seewald’s Mess – From a Clean Mama’s Perspective
How do you leave dirty diapers laying in a pile in your house? What about dishes piled in the sink? Dirt on the furnace vents? End tables un-dusted? Oh goodness, seriously, baby fingerprints on the...
View ArticleNot All Mamas Are Crazy About Target
Oh I said it. Tar and feathering in the city square at high noon. Be there or be square. The ever present theme of mama related posts I see everywhere seems to be focused on something Target related....
View ArticleA Plead to the Mama in the Darkness of PPD
Dear Mama with PPD, Postpartum Depression is dark, nasty, mean stuff. Some days it seems suffocating. Other days it makes you feel nothing, just total emptiness. Other days still it physically aches...
View ArticleWhy My Home Birth Should Not Make You Angry
Mama guilt. It’s real, it’s angry and it’s ravenous. I know, because I have a good case of it myself. Back at the beginning of my health journey, when we were radically changing our diets, I had over a...
View Article6 Practical Things Every New Mama Needs To Want
No one ever told me what the practical things every new mama needs were. Before we had our first, we had a couple baby showers. We got so. much. stuff. And, sad to say, quite a bit of the stuff ended...
View ArticleMama Confessions – An Authentic Behind The Scenes Look
I have Mama Confessions to make, including: Being Mama is like no other job on this green earth. And all the mamas say “Amen”. Each of our precious little ones is unique beyond unique and provides a...
View ArticleHis Last Onesie: The End Of An Era
This post was originally featured on the Her View From Home website. So, I don’t know if I’ve told you before, but I. Love. Onesies. They’re perfect. They cover the diaper so that toddlers can’t dig in...
View Article4 Proven Ways to Recover Quickly After a Difficult Labor
*This post may contain affiliate links in order to help keep Wholesome Housewife up and running. Blogging actually ain’t cheap, ya’ll. If you want to read some semi-boring stuff, see my disclosures. If...
View ArticleHow To Best Prepare For Baby Number Two
So, when I wrote this we were over 39 weeks. With Baby Number Two. How in the WORLD did that happen?! I feel like I was just sitting in my old sewing room, the warm summer air blowing through the...
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