food, decreasing toxins, using herbs, homebirths, attachment parenting — all of it!

I learned how to nourish myself and my baby, and while I didn't end up having the birth I planned for, I had zero complications and the best hospital birth a person could ask for.

Fast forward to life with a newborn and the main thing on my mind is, "How do I feed him whole foods and help him develop a wide palette," and "What do I do when he get's sick because I definitely don't want to use over-the-counter baby medicines?"

So back to the forum I went. I read more books. I devoured more websites. I began ordering herbs, making basic herbal preparations, and stocking my natural medicine cabinet, and making a lot of homemade baby food (not to mention opening an Etsy shop and selling the botanical skincare products I was making and using).

So, I started researching natural pregnancy information online and came across a forum filled with mamas talking about all things natural living. I dove head first into real food, decreasing toxins, using herbs, homebirths, attachment parenting — all of it!

I learned how to nourish myself and my baby, and while I didn't end up having the birth I planned for, I had zero complications and the best hospital birth a person could ask for.

Fast forward to life with a newborn and the main thing on my mind is, "How do I feed him whole foods and help him develop a wide palette," and "What do I do when he get's sick because I definitely don't want to use over-the-counter baby medicines?"

So back to the forum I went. I read more books. I devoured more websites. I began ordering herbs, making basic herbal preparations, and stocking my natural medicine cabinet, and making a lot of homemade baby food (not to mention opening an Etsy shop and selling the botanical skincare products I was making and using).