July 30, 2021 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
What if good health, and in turn, more joy, was simpler and more accessible than you thought? Often, the prescription for good health ("just follow these five steps!") is simpler than the ability to follow it consistently and thoroughly. But if there was a way to narrow it down -- to choose just a few things as opposed to considering a whole self-help book's worth of changes in habits and lifestyle, then maybe, just maybe, we could implement small changes that result in big improvements in the long run.
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June 18, 2021 | by: Cara Terreri
Despite what you see in movies, TV, and online, dads and fathers are more than capable of caring for their babies in safe, healthy, and beneficial ways. The information and evidence we now know about fatherly care might surprise and delight you. I imagine some of you knew it all along. This Father's Day, our gift to parents everywhere are these handful of confidence-boosting facts about dads and babies.
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June 17, 2020 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
Last minute Father's Day gift for the new dad in your life? No problem. There are plenty of ideas, from things that help to things that inspire, and none of which require searching all over town or the internet.
Despite what many of us are led to believe based on advertising, books, and media, new dads have their own unique experience in pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood that is important
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June 15, 2020 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
Father's Day is Sunday. And of course, many Fathers will be showered with love and gifts from adoring pint-sized fans and supportive spouses and partners. T-shirts, tools, gadgets, and good food are all great gifts for dad. But, in honor of Father's Day,
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April 27, 2020 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
"Love hurts" is a great way to describe break ups... and parenting a newborn. Babies are so cute and amazing and adorable... and absolutely and utterly exhausting. They [lovingly] cause the kind of tired that hurts (ie, "love hurts"). And while all that new parent tiredness is expected, it's not easy. And you never really know how bad it will be until you're in the thick of it.
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