Charissa West
Charissa West is a high school classroom teacher turned stay-at-home, work-at-home mom. When she’s not chasing around her three young sons, she works as an online teacher and freelance writer. She shares her honest, sarcastic, hilarious thoughts on parenting on her blog, The Wild, Wild West, with the goal of helping moms laugh at anything motherhood may throw at them.
Birth Videos To Help You Prepare For Delivery
Perhaps you watched some traumatizing birth videos in your high school biology class and now you feel you’re set for life. Or perhaps you’re...
What Is Midwives Brew And Does It Work?
As the end of your pregnancy approaches, there’s probably one thing dominating your mind: birth. You may spend your days googling allthethings, from birth...
What Is Hypnobirthing? Is This Labor Pain Management For You?
If you’re getting ready for childbirth, you may be researching natural techniques for pain management during labor. Hypnobirthing is one of your many options.
The...
Birth Plan Templates – Making A Birth Plan That Works For You
Written out, documented birth plans are relatively new, becoming increasingly popular over the past 10-20 years. As such, many websites now provide free birth...
Preparing For The Birth Of Your Baby
Nothing in life is as exciting -- or nerve-racking — as preparing for the birth of your baby. As thrilling as the experience is,...
Your C-Section Scar – Tips For Managing Your Postpartum Battle Scar
Whether you had a planned C-section or things changed during childbirth and that’s just the way it went, many women find themselves with mixed...
Diastasis Recti – What Is It And Can You Treat It?
If you’re anything like me, you never heard of diastasis recti until you had it (or suspected you had it). I had strong, taut...
Body Changes After Pregnancy – What to Expect and How to Deal
It’s a given that your body undergoes a ton of changes during pregnancy. What surprises a lot of postpartum women is how the body...
Is My Child Getting Enough Sleep? Sleep Calculators Can Help
There are few things parents obsess over like sleep. It’s a topic that leads to countless questions and self-doubt:
Is my child getting enough sleep?
Am...
Sleep Regression Ages – When Does It Happen?
Nearly every parent understands the sleep challenges of early childhood. Ask a great-grandmother in her eighties, and she can likely still recall some of...