THIS BOOK. I hadn’t read the inside cover or any reviews but put it on my ‘to read’ list at the recommendation of a couple of moms in my life (aka IG moms in my life). The gist: Hunt, Gather, Parent is about a mom sets out to study Maya families in Mexico, Inuit families above the Arctic Circle, and Hadzabe families in Tanzania… with…
I’m starting this new mini series partially because I love seeing what other people (and their kids) are reading, partially because I don’t ever want to forget these tiny details. Not that I’d forget how many times I’ve already read Llama Llama at bedtime, but I may forget that little “ohhhhh” and the headshake he does when I make the sound effects for Mama Llama…
If you’re just joining me: Hi, my name is Jona and I’m a budget believer. We have a written budget every single month and we (for the most part) stick to it. We don’t spend the month away and then tally up how much we’ve (over)spent for each category. Now that we’re down to one full-time income, we’re looking for more ways to reduce our…
A few hours after B was born, I remember one of our midwives asking if I had ever heard of elimination communication. “No,” I said, but in a way sounding curious. She then replied with something along the lines of, “oh, it’s this beautiful way of communicating with your baby and learning their bodily rhythms…” Honestly she lost me because it seemed too complicated and…
Back in 2009 I started a random WordPress blog called Zeelemons to document my first paid vacation (spoiler: it was a stay-cation) and I think the only viewers I had were my co-workers. But quickly it morphed into something that gained traction as life happened (read: a long-term breakup) and then continued to happen (read: a new boyfriend, training for my first marathon, becoming an…