My daughter asked, “Why are you making another placenta?” And I said, “Because a mommy had a baby last night and she wanted me to.” And that was that. No shock. No questions. Just normal life over here. When you grow up watching women give birth, babies be fed, placentas honored, and postpartum care treated like something sacred… it stops being weird. It becomes respect. It becomes care. It becomes normal. Birth work isn’t just what I do. It’s what my kids see. And honestly I’m proud of that. |

Zoe had SO much fun tonight learning to use her new shape sorter… and this is such a good example of how I introduce problem-solving tricks. The triangular strawberry is easy for her to access at the corner, but still lets her practise the skill that matters most here – rotating the object, lining it up, and pushing it through with intention. I like to start shape sorters by placing one piece in position so the dog only has to push it through. It immediately highlights the “correct” hole and hel

Zoe’s hardest trick so far… Some sessions give you big breakthroughs ✨ and others give you tiny steps forward… and that’s absolutely normal and expected! 🐾 If progress stalls for more than a couple of sessions, that’s the sign to change something. “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” 💡 For this trick, me sitting straight and delivering the food on the floor meant she had her head down to eat before moving her weight-bearing limbs, and then she t