Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Avent Sweepstakes

Here’s your last chance to enter to win a $500 Visa gift card (the sweepstakes ends August 1st). Just be sure to leave a comment sharing a must-have nursery item over at BlogHer. And if you missed my Avent Bottle review, you can check it out here.

· July 30, 2009 · · Filed Under: Product Reviews

Avent Bottle Review

My baby-feeding friends, won’t you mosey on over to my Momopoly Reviews site to read my review of the Avent bottle? Yes, I the-I-nurse-for-comfort-and-for-nourishment-ecological-breastfeeding-advocate-mama occasionally use a bottle. (I briefly mention when and why over in my review.) I’d love to hear your feedback about what bottles (as well as pumps) you prefer. So startRead the whole post >>

· July 2, 2009 · Tagged With: Breastfeeding · Filed Under: Product Reviews

Face Lift

Not for me. No way. No how. Not even if I one day make a Sharpei look like the poster child for Olay skin cream. Besides, there was no recovery time needed, and it was much more fun giving my blog a face lift (it’s still a work in progress much like my kiddos andRead the whole post >>

· November 13, 2008 · · Filed Under: Kate's Blog, Product Reviews

Baby Carrier Reviews & Resources

Some women have closets full of shoes. Others have a generous stash of cosmetics, scarves and other fashionable frills. These days, my favorite and most-used accessory is a baby carrier, and watch out, ladies because I am baby carrier rich! I’ve been given several hand-me-down carriers from various people and I also have two carriersRead the whole post >>

· January 24, 2008 · Tagged With: Attachment Parenting, Babywearing · Filed Under: Product Reviews

Hi, I’m Kate

I’m a wife, mom of five kids, writer, speaker, storyteller, bibliophile, runner, eating disorder survivor, and perfectionist in recovery. I'm the author of Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood  and Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body.

I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

Nowadays I’m striving every single, imperfect day to strike a balance between keeping it real and keeping it joyful.

 

“She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.”

―Flannery O'Connor

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