Category: Baby Business

Wow, I never expected my circumcision post to get so much traffic and scrutiny.  I have received numerous negative comments and was originally planning to keep them to myself.  However, I do truly respect the …

With the arrival of our baby boy and the need to actually make a decision about circumcision, I decided to just give up my inner struggle with the decision.  I did not feel strongly enough …

Each of my babies has had distinct movement patterns while in the belly and amazingly, those patterns have persisted and even allowed me to predict what kind of babies and children they would be. Honeybun was …

Doodle’s birth was perhaps the easiest of my three, yet somehow also the hardest.  All I wished for coming up to labor with him was that it would be uneventful and shorter than with Sugarplum.  …

I’ve been fortunate that I’ve had 3 healthy pregnancies and that with each I easily became pregnant within two months of hubby and I deciding we were ready for a baby (which was extremely fortunate …

We have an “it” problem at our house.  With all three pregnancies, since we didn’t find out the gender, we always referred to our bundle as “the baby”.  I’ve always tried to be very careful …

Since starting Beyond Mommying almost exactly 4 months ago, I have been very proud to have been able to post almost daily and am very thankful for my avid readers who check in daily and who …

I think when most people have their first child, they spend the first days comparing their new sweet little family member to themselves and grandparents.  We tend to look for similarities and discuss which little …

I’m an avid breastfeeder.  Neither of my girls ever had a drop of formula and I don’t intend for Doodle to ever have any either.  I am pro-breastfeeding for so many reasons but the main …

A big part of what has made me the mommy that I am is the mommy that I was given.  Not only am I fortunate to have had a wonderful mommy growing up, but I …