You’ve already made choices for your children whether you like it or not
I am under no illusions that I am NOT making choices for Baby Bun. I KNOW I am. I know I have. The fact that I am not choosing a religion for him because I don’t follow one,
Why I’ll never be the stereotypical stay-at-home parent
It is too damn hard for me. (Thank you all for your kind comments, emails & words on my starting post here.) I LOVE WORKING TOO MUCH I am someone who really enjoys working, tha
Books for Babies and Toddlers I Would Not Recommend
I can only speak from my experience as a mother and just trial and error with Baby Bun. Here are the Top 5 toddler / baby books I WOULD recommend for new parents. Essentially, anyt
5 top books to give as gifts to new parents
I am not into gifts per se, being a minimalist and all but I have to admit, there are some books that Baby Bun is obsessed with (like everyone else his age), and here they are: GOO
Family sleeping on a minimalist futon with a baby then a toddler
How we sleep on a futon on the floor with a toddler.
Couch Surfing is not Minimalism
I read this article on Altucher (whom I greatly admire), but with only 15 possessions I had to ask the Elephant of a Question that is in the room. Is living with only 15 things, co
Reading: Favourite Parenting and Childhood Books I would recommend to read
As you can tell from my blog I’m pretty militant and hard-headed in my views, but these books and seeing different perspectives from readers have helped me bend a little in m
Working Mother shaming & why we need to just STFU
I just got judged by my neighbour the other day. I was kind of chuckling at the judgment but we’ll get to why later on. She basically said to a room full of mothers and fathe
Why I am co-sleeping with my toddler in a family bed now
HOW WE SLEPT AS CHILDREN I used to sleep with my older brother until the age of at least 8 that I can recall, but my partner said from the age of 5 he was DYING to have his own bed
Why do we women accept these “Helper”, “Caregiver” roles for ourselves without questioning it?
This news bit that cropped up in Canada lately about Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau needing help to ‘serve the people’ annoyed me when I heard it. 1. WE AREN’T A SUPE