The Mom & Baby Issue 2021
Becoming a Doula During the Pandemic; A Mom-to-Be Contemplates Baby Gear; Mother to Many Theresa Tomasi; How to Rock Maternity Style
Portrait: Eliana & Adelaide
Weeks before the pandemic hit last March, Eliana Castro was finishing up her PhD program at Michigan State University and had just accepted a job…
How to Dress for Style and Comfort While Pregnant
As a young professional, my go-to outfit usually involved high-waisted pants and heels. Both those items quickly became impossible and impractical when I became pregnant….
Becoming a Postpartum Doula During the Pandemic
In the early days of the pandemic, time wasn’t normal; it bent around unknown corners, broke into FaceTime fragments and sometimes stopped altogether, denying some…
Strong Like a Mother
When I was pregnant with my now-11-year-old son, we were in the midst of a global health crisis less widespread and deadly than the one…
South Burlington Students Create Inspired Portraits
Alison Treston, art teacher at Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School in South Burlington, shared some of her students’ most recent masterpieces. Seventh-grade art students learned…
A Type-A Mom-to-Be Tries to Crack the Baby Gear Code
I always knew I wanted to have children, but the thought of being pregnant freaked me out. My body changing in ways that are out…
Jericho Mom Creates Books to Teach Indian Languages to Kids
Born and raised in Bangalore, India, Akshata Nayak describes her journey to New England as “quite the equator-to-arctic story.” It started when she relocated to…
What Should Pregnant & Nursing Women Know About COVID-19?
Pregnancy and new parenthood can be an exciting time for families. But even in the best of circumstances, they can also be fraught with concerns…
Exploring Frogs, Flowers and Floodplains in May
Spring has sprung, and most parents I know are ready to get outside and release the pent-up pandemic energy that’s been building all winter. In…
Low-Waste Lessons for New Parents
Welcoming a baby into the home is incredible, awe-inspiring and overwhelming. When I was a new mom six years ago, I felt all those things…
What Happens to School Gardens in the Summer?
The other day, a Front Porch Forum post caught my attention: “The Berlin Elementary School is looking for an individual or family to volunteer to…
Blueberry-Rhubarb Clafoutis: A Fruit-Forward Dessert from France
When we were kids, my siblings and I loved to go out to the bushes near our vegetable garden and fill buckets with black and…
Gratitude, and a Little Sadness, After Four Years as a Mom
I gave birth to my daughter four years ago. Although I still remember every moment of it, this year the experience of birthing and holding…
Greater Burlington Children’s Chorus Launches This Summer
There are few sounds that match the sweetness of children’s voices singing together. Whether it’s performing classics in the school musical or belting out radio…
How to Support New & Expectant Moms in the Workplace
My partner, Stephanie, and I welcomed our second daughter, Penelope, in October 2018. At that point, we had been parents for more than two years…
Vermont Visionaries: Theresa Tomasi, Mother of 27
As a child growing up in Burlington, Theresa Tomasi loved being invited to dinners at the home of her neighbor, who had 12 children. Tomasi…
