Babies

**Note:  Press play to hear the audio while reading this post.  It will make sense by the end, promise.  Drake. "Hotline Bling." By Aubrey Graham, Paul Jeffries, and Timmy Thomas. Hotline Bling. Cash Money, 2015. Eighty-five degrees or forty-five degrees, popsicle...

Here I am, now a mother of two.  Between my efforts to keep two humans alive (well three humans if you count me in that herd), be a supportive wife, find the lost city of Atlantis, keep a house together,...

I knew I wanted to try babywearing even before I was pregnant. I am a minimalist, and the allure of such a streamlined, hands-free option for baby-toting was a dream. My little one was due in winter, so we wouldn’t...

This month my husband and I will take a trip across the country, leaving our two little ones at home with my in-laws. I know our two-year-old will be just fine. We first left her overnight when she was ...

My daughter has two schedules - the weekday schedule and the weekend schedule. During the week, her grandpap watches her, and she typically takes two naps a day. On weekends, she's up from fairly early in the morning until...

If you are anything like me, teething can be a challenging phase for both babies and new mamas. We all can relate to the constant crying, discomfort, and sleepless nights that can leave us feeling overwhelmed. However, with the...

Before the arrival of my daughter, I imagined myself as being the type of parent who would still get out of the house and do what I want, when I want, because my child would learn to adapt to...

*Thank you to Jackie Maxey for this guest post sharing her struggles with anxiety and overcoming postpartum depression.  I’ve always had anxiety and a small dose of depression. I tried medication, counseling, self-love activities, all of it. Nothing ever seemed...

What is a sleep regression? Ahh, sleep regression. Those two words are enough to send intelligent, highly-capable parents running for the hills (and the coffee). By definition, a sleep regression,  "generally describes a phase or season in which a baby who normally...

Mamas, you’ve heard it all: the days are long, but the years are short . . . you’ll miss these early days when they’re older . . . hang in there, the first year is the hardest. Well, it...