What I have learned, throughout my now two years of pregnancy/motherhood, is that just because people have raised a child doesn’t make them an expert, but it sure does give them opinions (said blogger sharing opinions with the world.) From the time I got pregnant […]
I recently read a post about how women should stop romanticizing birth. As I read this post (linked here) I knew immediately that this post was directed at me. (Also, Romper’s 7 Reasons’s People Need to Stop Romanticizing Breastfeeding is linked here.) I could definitely […]
Like many of my blog posts, I wrote this months ago, and never felt compelled to share it. That was until recently, when I saw a “scandal” of mom shaming involving the infamous Duggar family. Say/ think what you will about the Duggars, this post […]
If you know my sister-in-law and I, you know we live for planning events. Lately it seems we always have something to plan; a wedding, a vacation, a shower, or our first 1st birthday party. I started planning Holden’s first birthday party when he was […]
Dear baby boy, One year ago I started having contractions just after midnight. I woke up your dad and called our birth team to head to the hospital to meet you for the first time. You came into the world on a late Sunday morning. […]
Mommas, I got a really special opportunity to work hand in hand with PinkBlush Maternity to not only show off some amazing maternity and nursing styles, but to also offer my followers a chance to win a PinkBlush gift card! PinkBlush is my favorite place […]
As I’m pushing a year of motherhood and leaving behind the baby days and moving into the toddler phase I realize that I’ve tried my share of baby products. I love reading reviews, watching YouTube recommendations and browsing baby sections in stores. But I often […]
When I found out I was pregnant with Holden all I wanted to do was talk, think, and learn about pregnancy, and of course labor and delivery. I was starving for information, and couldn’t wait until each appointment with my midwife and doula. I did […]
*Disclaimer this is not an anti-feminsim piece. It is just honest thoughts from a woman who considers herself a feminist, but is having conflicting feelings about the choices I have made* As little girls we are told constantly that we can be anything and everything […]
Introducing solids was both exciting and scary for me as a first time mom. Before I had Holden I was a nanny to a baby and had gotten some experience with feeding her solids, but I still felt like I was in brand new territory. […]
