So I know that Christmas is over; but I couldn’t share this blog until my sister and I gave our parents their gift. It’s a little different from what I normally write about, but we had so much fun creating this that I couldn’t help but share. I’m sure you’ve seen those posts online about…
“What a good baby!” If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard that, while we are out in public, I would be rich…literally. I always looked at these exclaiming strangers like they had three heads. “She’s just sleeping…” I would think innocently in my head. I would smile and nod politely but I…
Even before Anthony and I started discussing having children, I knew I was most likely going to need to have a c-section. Due to a rare heart condition, the possibility of me having a baby naturally wasn’t very realistic. With that being said, when we eventually quickly became pregnant, I didn’t put up much of…
Sleep really isn’t that important. I used to require think I needed 10+ hours of sleep per night. That mindset was significantly altered during pregnancy. I had severe insomnia and would get 3 hours of sleep each night…if I was lucky. I always joked that my body was probably just preparing me for late nights with…
I was warned cautioned a couple times when I was pregnant that, although I was experiencing a period of very lovely hair, I would probably lose some hair post-partum. I brushed it off as an old wives tale and didn’t really think too much about it. Even after giving birth, I wasn’t experiencing any out…
This past week Arabella had her four month check-up, complete with three shots. At her two month appointment, I was pleasantly surprised at how few tears were shed after she received her vaccinations. However, fast forward a couple months and she was like a different baby, I didn’t think the screams and tears were ever…
Thanksgiving is tomorrow. If they haven’t already, as soon as the turkey is cleaned from the table, most parents will begin thinking about the holidays Christmas (I’m not going to dance around the holiday that I celebrate…but that’s for a different post..) fast approaching; thoughts of buying gifts, trimming the tree, travels, school vacation, and the Elf…
Maybe it’s just because I’m a new mom, but the pressure to breast feed seems to be at an all-time high. I always knew I wanted to at least try breast feeding but nothing could have prepared me for how every single nurse, doctor, friend, stranger, colleague, article, etc was going to INSIST that I…
Rewind two days, it’s 4 am and baby girl has woken up for a feeding. During these hours, my husband and I patter around the house, one making a bottle and one changing the babe; we hardly speak two words to eachother, as we’re both too exhausted. Generally, it’s a cordial “I’ll start warming the…
