Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Weaning Mommy

Love hurts, especially when you’re trying to nurse a baby who keeps biting you. For the past two days my baby Rae has refused my breast. She either pushes it away or gives me a quick (and painful) nip. This doesn’t stop me from trying to offer it to her. I’m like a lovesick teenagerRead the whole post >>

· June 30, 2008 · Tagged With: Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Columns, Lessons Kids Teach Me · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Daddy’s Little Girl

A conversation last night: Madeline: When’s Daddy coming home tonight? Me: He’s not. He has to stay at the hospital. You won’t see him until the morning. Madeline [sadly]: But he’s my favorite person to sleep with.

· May 2, 2008 · Tagged With: Attachment Parenting · Filed Under: Tales from the Trenches

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

The Attachment Parenting Debate

There has been a friendly debate going on between Danielle Bean, one of my favorite Catholic mom bloggers/writers, and Dr. Greg Popcak, a pro-attachment parenting (AP) expert I respect, and I’ve decided to weigh in. You can read the running commentary/debate at both Danielle’s site and at Heart, Mind & Strength. Although I am aRead the whole post >>

· January 9, 2008 · Tagged With: Attachment Parenting · Filed Under: Tales from the Trenches

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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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