The holidays are a wonderful time to connect with family and share some holiday traditions but it can also be challenging too. Keeping up with all the festivities can be especially tough when you are expecting a baby. Here are some tips for surviving holiday parties: Consider not...
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” unless you have to go to the mall and you happen to be pregnant. Shopping for the holidays is exhausting for all of us and then add the fact that you are growing a human inside of you and it is...
All too often parents forget the importance of date nights and fall into what feels like a stagnant routine. Planning small dates, outside of the house, can seem like more work to schedule and more money to spend. If you finally find the time and hire a babysitter to...
Many couples experience a dip in their relationship satisfaction in the period after childbirth. This is due to many reasons; most often lack of physical and emotional intimacy. Intimacy is that feeling of closeness that is sometimes lost when life demands take over our time and energy. Sometimes what...
Congratulations on welcoming home baby! Are you ready for your human baby and fur baby to meet for the first time? You love them both and want them to love each other! The initial greeting sets the foundation for their relationship moving forward. It might not go as smoothly...
Am I Taking The Right Prenatal Supplement? Congratulations! You’ve decided to start your own family. Unlike the “old” times, prenatal supplements are highly recommended by healthcare practitioners, even if you’re living a healthy lifestyle with a well-rounded diet. Wondering why? A woman’s body goes through incredible changes, especially...
Meet our postpartum doulas’ alter ego. Mary Poppins! She flies into family’s homes just when they need them the most. With Postpartum doulas, that typically is the first few days home with baby, when your partner is back at work, or when sleep deprivation peaks after a few weeks...
Every year we throw a special event for the families we work with. Being a part of one of the biggest life transitions is a huge honour to our team. Whether it be preparing for birth, support the day of meeting your baby, or an extra set of hands...
Who doesn’t want a smooth-sailing pregnancy? Although it’s important to eat a well-balanced variety of nutritious foods throughout your pregnancy, you should also support a healthy diet and lifestyle with the right supplements. Keep in mind that prenatal multivitamins complement a healthy diet; they don’t replace it. Prenatal...
As Plastic Free July comes to an end it got us thinking about easy ways we can reduce our plastic/ waste everyday! Soon single use plastics will be banned (think straws, plastic lids and plastic bags) so thinking of alternatives or starting to change your habits will make...
Sleep deprivation and mood are directly linked to one another. Without sleep it can be challenging to learn new tasks, stay calm, and communicate effectively. It’s exhaustion that new parents say ‘they weren’t expecting’ during the newborn time. New parents don’t need to push through the hard times to...
Babies can be a little misleading when you meet them that very first day (or night depending on their birth time). They cry a little at first, feed and then sleep and sleep and sleep. You are a little surprised by how quickly they eat and how much work...
How much time did you spend on planning your wedding? Wish you could have had a wedding planner to help you navigate a completely new world? Had her on-call at your fingertips as your ideas flooded in and when your plans needed to change because of circumstances out of...
It’s Spring! Well that’s what the calendar says anyway. With the change of season there are many people who decide to declutter their house. Out with the old, in with the new. As we make space in our homes we also make space in our minds too. Feels good...
In the last few decades we have relied on the amazing resource of Motherisk, funded by The Hospital for Sick Kids. The website and helpline could be accessed 24/7 and was the go-to for both expecting & new parents as well as many health professionals. The most up to date information...
Curious about cloth diapering and what the benefits are? See what new mom Cayley loves the most about her decision to cloth diaper her little one. Durable Cloth diapers are adjustable and can grow with your baby! They can be reused over and over again, lasting the wear of...
So often we are asked why we do what we do. Being a Doula is quite a unique profession. We work at all hours of the day and night, see clients at their best and most vulnerable, and share such a strong bond at the end of it all....
