Baby

Let's be honest, work isn't exactly the first thing that goes through your mind when you find yourself staring at a positive pregnancy test. But maybe it's the fifteenth? Or the eighty-third? It doesn't matter when it crosses your mind, it just matters that...

First off let me say, I am not a doctor or a lactation consultant. This is my experience and while I’m sure others have similar experiences, nursing is something that is a very personal choice and experience. I hope...

When it comes to breastfeeding, there’s a lot of information thrown at you. Techniques, tips, rules, cautions, support, judgment, you name it. It’s a flurry of emotions. This complete overload of information and anxiety meant that, when my breastfeeding journey came...

No, I have never written down Noah's birth story until now. Yes, I do replay it over and over again in my head. My husband and I were married young - how young you wonder? Like 17 & 18 years...

The year was 2017. I had a newborn and an almost two-year-old who I was potty training. No one told me to try to potty train a 22-month-old immediately after giving birth, but there I was. I was sure -...

To Adele, Look out; here comes yet another feeble letter from an adoring fan, this time a mother of four small boys. I'm sure you get these all the time. The funny thing about a relationship like yours and mine...

My little chunker is growing like crazy. You see the fox onesie in the picture above? He wore it twice. Two times. In his whole life. And now what do I do with it? Passing on hand-me-downs and donating is...

It's summer time!  What does that mean? Sunglasses, flip-flops, sunscreen and POOL TIME! Wait a second...pool time with a child is not much fun because my child does not know how to swim. It's restricting. It's stressful. Not to worry...

I'm one of the many, many people who jumped on the houseplant bandwagon during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm honestly surprised I didn't get on board sooner. My husband and I own a lawn and landscaping company,...

"I didn't think I'd ever be in this room." These were the first words I uttered while looking at my therapist through eyes blurred by tears. "Most people don't. You are not alone." These were the words I needed to hear.  The...

Ahhh, it's here again. World Breastfeeding Week. The only time in our culture where you will see boobs with babies on them all over the internet and it not be reported. And if you report, you will be hung...

The birth of my fourth child is best described as a "Grand Finale," but to understand why my fourth birth story deserves a name so grand, I will have to take you back to the birth of my first...