Free Tickets for Business of Being Born

Wallypop is giving away two free tickets to one local customer. Any area resident who places an order (for $10 or more) with Wallypop between October 15 and October 31 will have their name entered into a drawing for the two tickets. Winner will be notified by phone on November 1.
Please note that ICAN has [...]

The Business of Being Born

Simul-posting at all my blogs.
Central Iowans have an opportunity next month to see an awesome film about childbirth in America – The Business of Being Born is a movie about the business of childbirth in this country. In the film, actress and former talk show host Ricki Lake and filmmaker Abby Epstein draw [...]

The Stork Affair

Today, we had a booth at Mercy Hospital’s Stork Affair, which is a baby event they have once or twice a year. Every year is better, it seems – the first year I was there (3 years ago) most people walked by with their noses turned up, but every event since then seems to have [...]

Wallypop on DSM Buzz

If you haven’t already checked out DSM Buzz, you definitely should do it now!

Featured in Juice

Amy Murphy, local Bradley teacher and doula.

Green Lifestyle

simlu-posted at Natural Living Des Moines.
There was an environmental rally in Des Moines on Saturday. I wasn’t there. But I’m disappointed. I can’t tell if it’s disappointment at the event or, more likely, at the media coverage. “Green Lifestyle” in the media seems to equal carpooling, walking, or riding the bus.
Which is certainly important. Carpooling [...]

Welcome to Winter.

Yesterday, we were out playing in Tshirts.
Today, there are winter weather advisories and 4-6 inches of snow forecast about a half hour north of here. *edited – I guess I forget sometimes that I now live 1/2 hour south of where I grew up, so the snow is about an hour north.*
It’s one of [...]

One Of Our Customers is FAMOUS!

This news clip features one of my customers.
The long-awaited breastfeeding ad campaign (that they were talking about before I got pregnant, even) is finally getting started, and some mothers are mad about it making them feel guilty.
Well, the fact is that if you genuinely tried and genuinely could not breastfeed, like a friend of mine [...]

Natural Living Des Moines

I’ve started up a new site for all you locals! It’s called Natural Living Des Moines and it can be found at naturallivingdesmoines.com

The goal with this site is to be a resource for all things natural in the Des Moines area. There are so many resources out there – groups, green businesses, hormone-free [...]

Oh Baby!

Wallypop will once again have a booth at Methodist Hospital's Oh Baby event, which will be held April 1, 8-11:30 and 1-4:30. This event is geared towards new or expectant parents, and features vendors from a number of local companies, as well as several nonprofits. Most of the booths are very mainstream, and there are [...]