Newborns

  My oldest son was born at the end of May 2019, on Memorial Day weekend to be exact. As excited first-time parents, we researched what to pack for our hospital bag only to pack and repack again and again....

I started out my child's diapering journey using disposable diapers - not loyal to a particular brand. We tried Huggies, Pampers, Luv's, Kirkland Signature, Up & Up, Parent Choice, and Honest Company. Come to find out that our little...

"Motherhood is the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary — it’s an act of infinite optimism." - Gilda Radner Becoming a mom is a whirlwind! Within a few hours, you go...

Calling all mamas of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, I've got a challenge for you!  Join me and my mini bookworm in the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Challenge! But just know, this is more than just a trendy challenge for IG...

Last weekend, I lost my one-year-old. I looked up and she was gone. And in an instant I was bellowing. I was a frantic mama cow bellowing for her baby. My fear turned to confusion when everyone started laughing;...

This isn't a tearful post about dropping your baby off on their first day of daycare. Nor is it an information-packed piece on what to do if you want to pump in the workplace. No, instead this is a...

Before having kids, I would often wonder about my future children. What color hair would they have? Would they favor me or my husband? Would they be colorblind like my brothers? When I was reaching the end of my...

In what now feels like a previous lifetime, I was once a corporate sales trainer. I worked with many different groups within our organization, from franchisees, to store managers, to sales associates. We may look at some people and assume...

I am going through my babies’ old clothes. I kept boxes and boxes of clothes that were neither stained nor ripped, but also not special enough to keep forever, in boxes in my attic waiting for a friend or sibling...

You may have read the title of this article and thought, "Why would anyone throw out breast milk?!" That's a very good question considering it IS liquid gold. It's the spilled milk that grown women literally cry over.  Now, nine...