Tag: newborn

Now that I’m well into the third trimester of pregnancy, it is quite obvious that I am expecting. It seems like everyone will comment...

I remember the snuggles. The baby smells. How his tiny little head fit perfectly under my chin. I remember his tiny cries and how...

I hear this almost daily.  From strangers, coworkers, family.  Shopping, at a funeral, on walks with my kids.  They are 3-and-a-half and 1-and-a-half.  I do...

Out of everything that I worried about as I became a new mom, sleep truly wasn’t something I worried about. That was one thing...

While standing in an Old Navy, three days after my daughter was born, I had my first mom fail and was forced to confront...

When I think about the most unexpected things to come from motherhood I think of two things: the overwhelming amount of love that I...

I’ll be the first to admit I hated the newborn phase of my daughter’s life. As a first time mom I had no clue...

Flash back six months and you’ll see me scrambling in a totally Type-A attempt to prepare for the arrival of my first baby. My...