One of the things I often hear about homeopathy is that it can't possibly work.  People say that because the remedies are so diluted,...

Long before I had children, I had lots of ideas that later turned out to be false. For instance, I remember thinking that my kids would...

Prior to the GAPS Diet, my family did not eat any refined grains, such as white flour and white rice.  Instead, we ate whole grains,...

When I met 11-month-old Stephen*, I was struck by his easy-going personality.  He entered my home with a smile on his face, and was ready...

As parents, it is natural for us to want our children to have everything they need.  Beyond the basics of love, food, clothing, and...

We Decide to Get Chickens My family lives on a small suburban plot of less than 1/4 acre, and over the last five years we've dedicated...

There are lots of tips out there for ensuring an adequate supply of breastmilk: drinking dark beer, eating oatmeal, taking herbal...

We used to take cod liver oil every day. We would never miss a day.  Now we haven't taken cod liver oil in over 6 months... Why? My...

This post is the second in a series on Once a Month Cleaning.  The first part of the series is here.  In the previous post, I discussed...

I admit to being a bit of a neat freak, but I feel agitated when my house is in a state of disarray.  Once my first baby was born,...

The following is my letter to the editor of Wise Traditions (which is the quarterly publication of the Weston A. Price Foundation).  This...

I wanted to share my story that shows the power of a nourishing, traditional diet during pregnancy. When I got pregnant during the summer...

Becoming an older sibling can be difficult for children as they adjust to their new roles and the necessarily divided attention of their...

As described in Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, the vaginal and cervical sphincters operate just as the excretory ones do. “Each...

Bonding between the newborn and mother may be disrupted in hospitals since, in many hospitals, babies are separated from their mothers...

It is commonplace for women laboring in hospitals to be confined to beds, often times as a result of IV’s or electronic fetal monitoring....

Natural, drug-free birth is undoubtedly what nature intended. There are risks associated with the use of any drugs to augment labor (such...

In 1940, 44% of all births in the United States occurred at home. However, since 1969, about 99% of all births in the United States have...

In planning to have a home birth for each of my children, the response I typically encountered from others was something along the lines...