The first birthday is an exciting milestone. Maybe you’re trying to come up with a special gift idea for a party you’re invited to, or maybe family is asking you for gift ideas, and you don’t want another well...
I reached my hand through the hole on the side of the incubator and gently patted my baby’s tiny belly. I let my fingers rest on his chest and felt the steady boom, boom, boom of his heart. “I’m...
I survived the first year! This year of motherhood was such an exciting, emotional rollercoaster. I spent the morning of my son’s birthday looking at pictures from when he was born, trying to wrap my head around how fast...
I learned the difference between a maze and a labyrinth when I was seven months pregnant.
“A lot of people think labyrinths and mazes are the same, but they’re not,” our doula explained. “A maze is meant to trick...
If you haven’t heard about smash cakes, it's becoming a rite of passage for babies turning one year old. Basically, you put your one year old in front of their cake on the floor with a cute background behind...
When I started writing articles about parenting, I made a personal vow never to write about breastfeeding because it felt overdone; there are already so many blog posts on the topic. Then, I realized exactly why it's such a...
Every mom you know will have a lot of advice for you about what worked for their babies. This is good information, so lock it away somewhere. Please also know that almost none of these things will work for...
Toward the end of the birth and baby class that my husband and I took to prepare for our first child, the instructor off-handedly reminded us that we didn't need to sterilize our baby's bottles before we fed her....
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As we all know, a sleepless baby means a sleepless mommy. This winter,...
*This post is sponsored- but the thoughts and feelings are our own, and we only work with businesses we believe to be reputable and resourceful to our readers.
I am pretty average sized, some may even say petite (thanks!...
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