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
Whole Parenting Family
natural parenting for the modern family
parenting stumbles as they age
Is this a weekly thing?? Can we dare say I might even blog more regularly? I mean, anything is possible, friends. As my kids age, I don’t blog about their naughty antics, their sneaking apple crumb cake off the counter, their shrieks in each other’s necks. It’s their story, right? And I’m also so […]
lowering expectations + Advent book
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to “lower your expectations.” It’s a phrase I hear thrown around a lot in mothering circles, kinda a tongue-in-cheek deal. It’s on the front of parenting greeting cards. It’s laughed about in conjunction with “wine-o-clock.” It’s ruefully admitted to in private. But I actually think […]
health, simplicity, and lessons about suffering
I’ve had my fair share of health stuff in my adult life. Pregnancies that rendered me limited in functioning with hyperemesis, post-partum periods when I had ongoing undetected issues, hospitalizations, physical therapy, etc. But I’ve faced a new kind of challenge in the last year, and even in the last month. Almost a year ago […]