May 06, 2020 | by: Cara Terreri
This year, Lamaze International is celebrating 60 years of advancing safe and healthy pregnancy, birth, and early parenting through evidence-based education and advocacy. It's been a wild ride! As with any journey, it has been full of ups and downs, advances and set-backs, triumphs and loss, and every little milestone in between. And just like anything else in life, we have learned a lot. In honor of Mother's Day, we want to share with you all of the wonderful things we've learned about mothers over the last 60 years.
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May 04, 2020 | by: Cara Terreri
The original idea behind Mother's Day was sweet and simple: honor and recognize mothers. At least, that's what Mother's Day founder Anna Jarvis had in mind when she conceived of the idea back in 1905. Of course, it didn't take long before retailers caught wind of the excitement and Mother's Day turned into the very commercial gift-giving affair (much to Jarvis' dismay) that we know of today. Perhaps it's precisely these kind of materialistic celebrations that often leave mothers feeling frustrated, empty, and frankly, a little less-than-celebrated.
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May 08, 2019 | by: Cara Terreri
Celebrate the pregnant moms in your life this Mother's Day! Even if they don't yet have other children running around at home, a pregnant mom is still a mom deserving of recognition on Mother's Day. The question is, what kinds of gifts would a mom-to-be enjoy?? Of course, there's the standard card and gift card combo, but if you want to do more, we have some suggestions that nearly any expectant mother would appreciate.
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May 07, 2018 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
If time was all there was
And mothers kept the clocks,
There'd be less time running late
Over mismatched pairs of socks.
If time was all there was
And mothers had their way,
There'd be lots of time for sleeping in
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May 12, 2017 | by: Cara Terreri, LCCE, CD(DONA)
Happy Mother's Day! Enjoy our special tribute to newly minted moms. Can you relate to these five stages after birth?
A baby is born.
What follows next are the five stages of new motherhood after giving birth. Of course, mileage may
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