NEWSFLASH: Humans do not come out of the womb with the ability to use a toilet. Said humans must be changed each and every time they pee or poo. Oh, this isn’t news to you? I just wanted to make certain we are all on the same page because it seems as though many businesses…
This is a post that I’ve been wanting to write for a long time, it was actually one of the main reasons I wanted to start a blog. However, I always felt like I was too close and it was too personal; I feared I would be writing a mainly hate-fueled post, rather than sharing…
My sweet little girl turns 1, one week from today. ONE! How is this possible? It feels like I just found out I was pregnant. The feelings are all too real – there I am standing in the bathroom wondering if what I’m seeing is real. Am I really pregnant? I feel like I’m going…
So you had a baby, you’re a new parent and…everything that you were before is no longer, right? Wrong. I’m not sure where this idea came from that once you have a baby you are a different person; a person that no longer has the desire to have a social life. However, I’m here to…
“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…
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…
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…
