stork naked: an unfiltered blog on parenting
Having a baby? Make sure you have a Go Bag prepped before you go into labour. You're going to need a few bags, actually. Here's the most important one.
15.09.2020
Labour Day is fast approaching. For me, Labour Day has always felt like the last "Hurrah" of summer. Kids go back to school, vacations end, camping gear is stored away...Except, this year it's all very different. No one seems to know when school will start - if at all - and what that will even look like. Vacations don't feel like they have ended, because no one is travelling.
26.08.2020
By the morning of our third day with our daughter, everything had changed. A well-fed newborn is a beautiful thing. Anyone who has seen what is commonly referred to as a "milk-drunk" child will know what I mean. We were discharged from the hospital the next day.
02.08.2020
I was recently approached to promote a company's campaign supporting National Breastfeeding Month. I love the company and the brand, so initially I was like, "Hell yeah!" let's do it!
As I continued to read the campaign, themed "Support breastfeeding for a healthier planet", I started to question the ethics of Stork Post, and more importantly, myself, getting behind the message.
Read on, there's more to it than can be summarized here.
31.07.2020
"You have a website?" they say. "You must write a blog!'
It's not that I am a stranger to the written word (I studied English in university, and have authored several books - the latter of which you will never have heard of). But those were both rooted in fiction, and this website, and by extension, this blog, is so much more... Real.
29.07.2020