There's basically a hurricane outside my window today. No, seriously. A late season Nor'Easter is bombing out over my house. We should get over 3 INCHES of rain today and the winds are 75+mph for gusts. It's nasty out. So, despite extreme disapproval of my kids, we will not be going outside today. However, that …
Dear Inara, There is so much joy surrounding you that I almost have no words for this letter. You have been a part of our lives for your 42 week gestation and now you are just about 11 months. However, these pictures are from the day your gestation matched your time Earthside and earlier. During …
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In 2009, I packed one suitcase and one carry on. I got in a plane, moved 3500 miles away, and didn't look back. I left behind 95% of my belongings and started 100% new. It was the best thing I've ever done. Living a minimalist life was wonderful. I had nothing on my walls. I …
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I don't think anyone likes being sick. I know I don't. This time of year, it seems pretty much everyone is sick. The whole name of the blog, Double Crunch, comes from us being a crunchy family and having twins. Being crunchy means that you tend to follow a less mainstream lifestyle. Some examples of …
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I spend almost my whole day in the kitchen. Seriously. Whether I'm preparing snacks, meals, food prepping for future days, washing dishes, making home remedies, getting drinks, or corralling tiny humans out of my refrigerator (which MUST have a secret TV in it that I don't know about) I feel like I am always in …
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I get messaged frequently with breastfeeding questions. With the amount of research I did in the first year and the amount of questions I asked of Moms with much more experience than I, I have acquired a lot of knowledge about breastfeeding. However, an experienced Mom does not replace the necessity and value of help …
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Have you ever shared something about your birth that was less than perfect? Maybe it was something disrespectful that was said, bodily autonomy that was taken, silence that was forced upon you, or any other number of things that go wrong in mainstreams births. Then, after you've shared that bit of painful truth, the person …
Continue reading Guess What? A Healthy Baby Isn’t All That Matters!
It's cold and flu season....and all the other random and situation specific diseases like the lovely Norovirus that hit my friends in California and RSV for my preemie power Moms. Our home specifically just got over Roseola and the flu and now one of us is fighting the stomach flu hoping it doesn't spread to …
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What does your tupperware drawer look like? Is it a jumbled mess of plastic? Mine was. It was impossible to keep clean. No matter how often I pulled every piece out, neatly stacked and placed them in the drawer or cabinet, or rearranged to a different spot to attempt to make organization happen, they always …
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When I first started seeking other twin Moms for advice on breastfeeding, I kept getting variations of the same advice. "The first 6 months are pure and complete primal survival, the first 12 months are really difficult, and the first 18 months are just difficult." It would get easier, they said, in those increments, but the …
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