Category Archive

Families

Our sister site Offbeat Mama launched in 2009, became Offbeat Families in 2012, and was merged into Offbeat Home & Life in 2015. This archive contains all the posts ever published on those sites! We believe that while children change your life forever, being around kids doesn’t necessitate abandoning your identity. We believe in supporting and inspiring parents and caregivers who are moving beyond mainstream visions of parenting. We welcome anyone who’s interested in families, whether you’re pre-parental, in the process of becoming a parent, or choosing to live childfree.

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Dealing with clogged ducts while breastfeeding

One morning I woke up with a huge, hard lump on my right breast. I didn’t know where it came from and totally freaked out – Did I have a tumor!? I wrote my mama friends, did some reading and figured out it was had to be a clogged duct.

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A creative pregnancy announcement

Charlotte told friends she was pregnant and then filmed their responses. The result? Instant pregnancy announcement genius!

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A photographer’s work with Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep is a network of volunteer photographers who are on call to serve bereaved families and honor their children through infant remembrance photography. Angela is one such photographer.

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An interview with Adele, the mother behind “Mila’s Daydreams”

Ariel discovered Adele’s website Mila’s Daydreams last week, and immediately knew that we had to have an interview with Adele!

An epic unmedicated, hospital, and midwife-assisted birth story

The mother of all natural, midwife-assisted, hospital birth stories. Buckle in, because this one is long, challenging, and glorious.

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How should my child’s gender be defined?

The age-old struggle: defining gender. Every family has a different way of approaching the topic, and Denise is in the process of figuring out what exactly “female” means for her three month old, Nikte.

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Challenges of helping an independence-craving teenager

Teens and toddlers have more in common than meets the eye–particularly when it come to their cravings for independence.

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Can we change princess culture?

Can we re-message and re-package what “princess” means and looks like in a way that makes princess life empowering and not merely about external appearance, wealth, and netting a hot young prince?