Posts by Ashley Sova
Sleep Training Success Story: 9-Month Old Baby
After months of contemplating sleep training for my daughter, when she was 9 months old I decided it was time to bite the bullet and I knew I needed extra support so after research I found CLEbaby’s sleep training service. I had been co-sleeping with my 9-month-old daughter since birth for all sleep and realized…
Read MoreLet’s Talk About SCHOOL This Year
If you are a parent of school-aged children, there’s no doubt you’ve probably been asked a million times over the last few months, “What are you doing for school this year?” It’s the topic on everyone’s mind: What to do and how to do it safely.
Read More5 Things You Need To Know About Black Infant And Maternal Healthcare
Racial bias comes in a variety of forms and impacts nearly every industry and organization. Although recent events have put a magnifying glass over racism present amongst police officers, that unfortunately isn’t the only arena in which Black Americans experience the effects of racial prejudice.
Read MoreDoulas: We Lighten the Mental Load
Last year I read a groundbreaking article in Huffington Post: The Mental Workload of a Mother. It introduced a term I hadn’t heard before, but was living quite vividly every day: the “mental load.”
Read MoreThe Breast of Times, The Worst of Times
My breasts have served me well, but after 32 years together, this year we say farewell. That sounded poetic, but the reality of my situation is far from. A few months ago I found out that I tested positive for a BRCA1 mutation. I wish I could say that I received that news while my husband held my hand; that we squeezed each other knowing we could and would get through it together.
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