Hi! I'm Nell. Here we are as babies before babies. Whole Parenting Family came to be when one day my mom remarked "Gosh, you've read a lot of books on parenting, natural child birth, breastfeeding, cooking, gardening, and diapering. Why aren't you running one of those online blog things?" So I started a blog in mid-winter of 2011. I was still working part-time as an attorney, mothering my 7 month old boy, and running a household. But creative writing has always been my first love, long … read more about About
natural parenting for the modern family
facing back to school & a new resolution
It’s back-to-school time and I reflect on a number of posts I’ve written about school. In 2012 when I parsed through options for schooling. In 2013, when I shared thoughts about discipline for prek kids and a few activities to do with them. In 2014, when I said what I don’t worry about for prek homeschool […]
Postpartum Space & Better Beginnings
throw back nearly 3 years to this sweetie at a few weeks old! ((When I redid my site, this post got lost so sorry for the repeat!)) I rolled over and kinda closed my bathrobe around a breastmilk stained nightgown. I rolled again and gently slid off the bed so I wouldn’t awaken our snoozy sleepy […]
ending of summer & welcoming the last bits
I’m finding, and maybe you are too, that as things slowly start to close, I want to clutch them ever more tightly. So this coming of August, this welcoming of the big Minnesota heat waves before the autumn really begins, this time makes me nostalgic for the summer that already was, and the one […]