Top 5 Products I’m Loving As A Third-Time Breastfeeding Mom
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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
What’s In A Name?
So, what’s the deal with the name “Roman Mateo”? As I’ve mentioned before, my journey to choosing Logan’s name was pretty boring. His dad and I searched through baby name books, discussed lots of possibilities, realized our ability to agree on a name was just as difficult as agreeing on literally anything else inRead more
The First Six Weeks
A few weeks ago, little Roman turned 6 weeks old. The sleepless nights have made the last month and a half blur into one giant blob of memories, but it has been worth it. Six weeks marks the unofficial “end” of the postpartum healing period, even though I don’t see my doctor until nextRead more
Month One Top Five
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Jay Z: For when my white girl gangster side needs to come out, but in a baby friendly way. Sometimes, I can’t stand the typical baby lullabies on repeat or the white noise machine, but hearing some of my favorite rap songs in a gentle lullaby format is soothing bothRead 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
34 Week Bumpdate: So Close And Yet So Far
They say the end of pregnancy is when time slows down. This entire pregnancy has felt like approximately one million years, but now, time seems to be speeding up. The days are flying by, the weeks are adding up, and we have so much that still needs to be done to prepare for this baby.Read more
33 Week Bumpdate: In With The New
Week 33 has been about trying new things. For one, my Zofran pump, the device that has allowed me to keep down food and liquid for the last 4 months, decided to stop working suddenly. After a very bad 48 hours of nonstop sickness and fighting with a malfunctioning pump, my home healthRead more
32 Week Bumpdate: Ice Ice…Baby
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been hearing a lot of remarks along the lines of “Wow, your pregnancy went by fast!” While it may feel that way to everyone else, each day of this pregnancy has felt like an eternity. My day-to-day life lacks variety: I wake up, feel sick, say goodbye to Logan,Read more