11 Newborn & Postpartum Items I Wish I’d Known About For Baby #1

March 13, 2018.Reading time 11 minutes.

Update: These past couple of weeks (five, to be exact), all I’ve been doing is prioritizing. In other words, all I’ve been doing is cuddling with my little guy. He’s all about skin to skin and eating (and, by that, I mean every hour or two during the day), so my routine has pretty much […]

10 Things All Moms Need to Do Before Baby Arrives

January 17, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

I’m almost full term (37.5 weeks!) and it’s checklist time. I have this uncontrollable urge to renovate, clean, organize, and nest, despite everyone telling me to lie down and stop moving so much! But, like I said, it’s uncontrollable. I realized that although there are some basic things we know we have to get done […]

Mama Naturelle’s Top Picks for New Moms (December 2017)

December 22, 2017.Reading time 18 minutes.

Hi Mamas! I’m finally in the home stretch (6 and a half weeks to go!) and it’s starting to really hit me that I’m about to give birth. That I’m about to go without sleep for weeks on end and experience bad latches, chapped nipples, and spit up again. The postpartum/newborn stage is a tough […]