Facing The Dreaded Bottle Rejection

Do you have a little one who just won’t take a bottle? Was your baby fine with a bottle at one point, and then suddenly stopped? Does your baby fuss and cry with every bottle feed? Thankfully, it’s completely normal – but that doesn’t make it any less frustrating! Here are some tried and trueRead more

Ten Things I Wish A Veteran Mom Had Told Me About Breastfeeding

  Let’s face it – breastfeeding is natural, breast is in fact best, and it has countless benefits to both you and baby – but it’s also a giant pain-in-the-butt (or should I say, chest area). Here are the top ten facts that I wish I had known when I first started my breastfeeding journey.Read more

Welcome To The World, Baby Roman

I was warned that my second labor might go faster than my first. But I wasn’t quite prepared for just how fast.   April 20, 2018. It was just a typical Friday for me. I woke up nauseous, but drove Logan to school. This was something special I had added to our routine, as IRead more

35 Week Bumpdate: The Good Week

Keep in mind that I’m writing this from a bad week, so please don’t suddenly assume everything is great. But I’m going to call week 35 the “good week.”   Let me just say that although week 35 was truly amazing, it also brought on the hormone-induced grumpiness, so let me just get a fewRead more

31 Week Bumpdate: What Is Sleep?

They say that you won’t sleep once the baby arrives and to try to conserve energy and rest during the pregnancy. Every woman that has ever been pregnant knows this is the furthest from the truth as you can get, because face it, sleeping in the third trimester is on the same level of difficultyRead more

Let Those Kids In The Kitchen!

Although cooking may seem like an activity too advanced for young children, that couldn’t be further from the truth! Get your kids in the kitchen with you, and lay the foundations for a multitude of life skills, including creativity, math, fine motor skills, good hygiene, following directions, and teamwork.   Even the littlest pair ofRead more