I remember when my oldest had just turned one, the few months following I felt this urge to have more kids. Maybe because it was my biologic trigger, maybe because so many around me were adding baby 2 and even 3 to their line-up, or maybe just because I desired a large family. Regardless, we…
Over three straight years of breastfeeding and few gadgets, “must haves”, and apparent life-saving breastfeeding supplies have stood the test of time. Not to say that you won’t need more in those first 12 weeks than the rest of your entire breastfeeding stint, but no need to load up or spend a ton of money…
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Everyone talks about how you will lose sleep once baby comes and that being a parent, while difficult, is so beautiful. Both are true. But there are so many things that happen and are true that no one talks about once moms enter the postpartum season. All those things that happen to EVERYONE and that…
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I never met my grandmother. Before she ever reached her 50th birthday, she had breast cancer that had spread into her bones. So in 1969, my grandmother passed away leaving behind five kids that would have countless kids and grandkids of their own. And from a very early age, I mourned the fact that I…
Not only am I still in the season of post-pregnancy that means all of my hair is falling out in hands full at a time, but I also have a dog that sheds constantly and toddler that is messy in her own way. So when my sweet baby girl is rocking and rolling on her…
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It was 2011, I had been married for a year, and I was teaching sophomore in my dream job. I had 125 kids that I loved, care for, and called my own. So when I sat in the girls’ bathroom during my planning period waiting the excruciatingly long 3 minutes to see if just a line…
Before my first daughter was even born, I decided that my goal would be to nurse her at least until she was two and then go from there. I am the type of person that needs to make nothing else an option and be completely goal oriented. So even 729 days would not have been enough because 730…