No mother wants to be tied down for hours every day holding a breast pump in place. Medela’s re-vamped Pump In Style Breast Pump with MaxFlow™ Technology provides effective stimulation for increased milk flow while PersonalFit™ Flex breast shields are more efficient and comfortable to provide 11.8% more milk faster. Medela pays attention to a mother’s needs….

Our village is gone. Or so we thought. Our towns infiltrated; our community connections uprooted; our support systems dismantled. Wracked with fear we chose our people and locked our doors and did our best not to yell or cry or let on to our tiny observers that maybe everything might not be alright after all….

Breastfeeding may be natural, but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy. In celebration for #worldbreastfeedingweek we partnered with Bravado Designs to share the reality that breastfeeding can be much more complicated, painful and messy. A journey worth the determination but also a gentle reminder it’s okay if you aren’t successful at first try don’t blame yourself.

Community. What are we without it? Community makes up the fabric of our lives. Who we spend our days with and how we spend our time are intricately connected to the community that we surround ourselves with. The people we choose to call into our personal space are a reflection of all that we desire…

“Heirloom Carrier was born from a love of holding my babies close. I’m a wife and mother, first and foremost, but I’m also a memory keeper. I always gravitate to quality goods that can be kept and passed down, which is what I hope for my ring slings. There are so many memories attached to…

The concept was born in 2019, six months after Marjorie, founder of Choix, had her first baby. She faced many challenges to dress up while breastfeeding; from odd fitting nursing clothing (functional but not stylish) to mainly synthetic poor quality fabrics. While building her mom village, Marjorie quickly realized she wasn’t the only one with…

We’re seeing a seismic shift in the way corporations conduct business due to COVID-19. In an effort to protect their employees and help avoid the spread of the virus, companies have quickly enacted new policies. As a new business and designer, how has this shift affected your business? This crisis has created a lot of…

I recently sat down with all three of my children for dinner. It was a rare moment. Trying to coordinate everyone’s schedules around a single meal seems like a simple process, yet, in today’s world, with so many responsibilities, and distractions, even a simple family meal seems hard to pull off. And even more so,…

These are tough times, don’t we all know it. What an extraordinary experience we’re living through. Not only is there an excess of information, but it can be confusing to understand and difficult to process day after day. There is certainly a fluttering range of emotions coming to the surface since the advent of COVID-19….

The most important thing a White mother of a multiracial child can do is to become embedded in communities of colour, that is, to create or become part of the communities where your child can have her experience of the world reflected back to her. How have you taken the initiative to do so, and…