Tag: babies
Muscling Through My Son’s Hypotonia Diagnosis
“I can’t wait to see my kid struggle!” said no parent ever. We’d all be naive to think that struggles weren’t going to be...
It Will Get Better, I Promise
In the beginning, it's hard. I mean heart-wrenching, questioning if you can even do this, lay on the kitchen floor crying hard. You will...
5 (Realistic) Tips for New Mamas
Listen up, expecting mamas. I’m about to drop some knowledge on ya! When you are pregnant, everyone tells you a bunch of (mostly unsolicited)...
The Last of All Firsts: No More Babies for Us
They say the days are long, but the years are short.
I will miss these years. The excitement of telling my husband we are pregnant,...
Waiting for the Aunt Experience
Eight years ago, my second baby, a son, was born on a hot summer’s night at five minutes after midnight. He was three weeks...
Giving Birth to Motherhood: How to Write Your Birth Story
When my son was still an infant, I stumbled across some slightly crumpled papers in a desk drawer: a brief version of my birth...
10 Things I Have Learned In 10 Months Of Being A...
At times, my life seems to hardly resemble what it was a year ago. Gone are the early morning sales briefings to review quarterly...
The Wild and Wonderful Ways That Twins Will Change You
Two and a half years ago, when I found out we were having twins, I was excited, overwhelmed, and FREAKED THE HECK OUT. We...
Sleep Training: Misunderstandings vs Things that Actually Help
“Sleep when the baby sleeps.” That sounds easy enough, right? When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I remember being told this more...
When the Miracle Becomes a Miracle Worker
To the one who made me a mother,
The one I made a mother said to me during a recent phone conversation, “You used to...