Last week, my son turned 2 years old and my daughter turned 6 months old. It’s hard to believe I just graduated from the “2 under 2” club. I’ve been experiencing one of those existential feelings where it feels like they both were just born while simultaneously feeling like the Titanic “it’s been 84 years” meme. Before my daughter was…
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“It looks like you’ve got your hands full”
Hello again! I had another baby.
And just like that… we’re a family of four. My daughter BB was born in late July. She turned 11 weeks old yesterday, so we’re almost through the fourth trimester. Doing this for the second time in less than 2 years has been an interesting experience because I both did and did not know what to expect. I knew what…
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Essential Newborn Products I’m Using With My Second Child
Before RJ was born, I looked at countless lists of the “best newborn essentials” and “baby items you can’t live without” in hopes it would make me better prepared to enter parenthood. In reality, you can have all the best, trendiest products in the world and the things that end up being the most essential to you end up being…
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My Postpartum Survival Guide: 10 Tips for New Moms in the Fourth Trimester
Now that I’ve survived the postpartum fourth trimester once and I’m getting ready to do it again, I’ve been thinking about what helped me through that vulnerable period and what I should do differently this next time around. I know it won’t be exactly the same because all babies are different and I’ll have an 18-month-old to care for as…
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My Favorite Products for Starting Purees and Baby-Led Weaning With Your Little One
One of the biggest lessons I learned after becoming a mom is that the research never ends. Every milestone will have you Googling what to do, what not to do, and what products you will need to get through it. For me, starting my baby on solid foods was one of my biggest research projects. Between purees, baby led weaning,…
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