Baby

I had a fairly uneventful pregnancy the first time. I loved having my one ultrasound and visiting the doctor to know exactly where the baby was positioned inside me so I could soothe it in utero. I worked up...

It’s World Breastfeeding Week, and boy do we all have something to say on the topic. How we feed our babies feels a little like how they come into the world—there are many similarities but each one of us...

So much talk is focused on the early days and months of breastfeeding, as it should! Those days were so hard, but I was prepared mentally for that struggle. Weaning...not so much. I dreaded it, but I had a...

This past year my husband and I decided that we were officially done, and there would be no more babies for us. Logically, next came the daunting task of what to do with all the baby stuff we had...

As I sit here watching my daughter spin and dance in our living room while watching Rapunzel, I can’t help but ask myself, “What did I do to deserve this little nugget of happiness?” She is so much more...

It should have been my baby’s 1st birthday. But it wasn’t. There was no birthday cake, no balloons, no party. Just me, feeling sad about what could have been, what should have been. I’d lost that baby more than...

Having two little boys at home, we were shocked to find out we were going to have a little girl! We had already picked out her name years ago, before we were even married. So it was no question...

This past Christmas my husband surprised me with a summer getaway to Italy for our 6th anniversary. It would be a "kid-free" vacation and the first time leaving our 9-month-old and the second time leaving our 5-year-old in the...

October 15 is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. This year, by the grace of God, my baby boy turned 10 months on that day, and my daughter decided she wanted to have a camping party for her upcoming...

Good Morning Iowa City Moms! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Robin Boudreau…and I too am an Iowa City Mom. In addition to being a medical sales rep for Medtronic, a hobby photographer, and a...