Posts by lulubikes

This is a great thread! I'm excited about the vanilla. I know some of you already purchased beans, but www.mountainroseherbs.com has organic beans from India. They seem a bit cheaper than Frontier. Although Frontier has all the...

Wow all of your experiences are super intense and amazing. This is my first babe and I hope to EBF so have no personal experience.   However, I have heard great things about this website for women who want to breastfeed after...

Mama harrison - thanks for all your advice! I got that Moby knock off at a garage sale, only $10 but now I kind of wish I hadn't... after reading about your experience with woven wraps and that website you recommend, I totally want a...

Cielo - I've been totally researching this and at the moment can't find a good website that summarizes it. But here is the rundown. Also, I have not personally used them, as this is my first baby.   Wool soakers come as wraps...

Rae - I'm totally focused on prefolds and wool covers too! I've been given some random prefolds and covers, but I plan to fill in the gaps by making my own prefolds and wool covers from old clothes! It may be a bit ambitious, we'll see...

TM - I'm glad to hear that food and water and toilet did the trick! Honestly, I was a bit worried! Taking care of yourself and this baby needs to be #1. That is what I'm learning.... it's hard though.

I've been having it bad myself. Been eating the papaya enzymes like crazy and they actually are not helping me. But I do know that they totally help some people. So they are worth a try. I just saw my naturopath yesterday and talked...

I know some people who have done lotus births. You put salt and herbs, like rosemary in the bag with the placenta. I've also seen it wrapped in a chux then the salt and rosemary and then put in a nicer cloth bag. People usually wrap...

Ok here are my photos of my belly all decorated from the Oregon Country Fair! It was so fun to walk around with my belly hanging out (anything goes at the fair) and people could see that there was a baby painted on there - to represent...

Greentea - what a roller coaster for sure! I have also been thinking about you and wondering how things were going. The fact that Jude has such a loving family is so great. I have a friend with a daughter with DS and she is such a...