I will start this post by saying I understand and empathize that not all women can or even want to breastfeed. I am so grateful, that despite any hurdles I was able to breastfeed both my babies for as long as I wanted to. With very few issues, sure there were tons of bumps, tears, [...]
I can honestly say I completely underestimated the power my baby would have to change my marriage. Not in a bad way, a new baby is all consuming and there is little time, effort or energy for anything else. Here are my top tips for keeping marriage alive during the infant phase. Date Night or [...]
Okay, I have a confession to make...there have been multiple times in the past few years since having children that I have mentally kept "score" with my husband. He had no idea but I was doing it and honestly it just made me feel worse and I do NOT recommend doing it. I know we [...]
Everyone has a different image that pops into their mind when they hear "mom bod". I will admit that I was scared of my body changing when I got pregnant and didn't know what to expect. I knew my body was going to do whatever it needed to do to grow my baby. I didn't [...]
So, the transition to two kids was not "easy" but honestly it was "easier" than zero to one kid for me. Let me explain... I thought I was super ready to have a baby, I had my first baby when I was 35. Both my husband and I were a little "older", we were well [...]
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