When my 85-year-old neighbor first told me “don’t blink – they grow up fast,” I didn’t quite understand the magnitude of those words. Sure, I knew my little newborn peanut would become a grown boy someday, but this turning...
Our almost-two-year old daughter, Avery, was a pretty amazing baby. She slept through the night very early on, took right away to breastfeeding, drinking from a bottle and trying new foods. She smiled and cooed for anyone and we...
For a while, I thought potty training would break me. For two and a half years, I found myself fighting a constant battle with my strong-willed daughter over her sitting on the toilet to go to the bathroom. If...
Feeding my toddler can often feel like a power struggle. There are nights where dinner is an enjoyable experience. Like when my husband asks how her day was and she shouts out the names of her favorite toys. When she cracks...
I spoke to a mama this week who was suffering. She’s been trying desperately to navigate her way through postpartum depression ALONE for one and a half years.
She is so much stronger than she knows and braver than...
After moving over 500 miles away from friends and family, my husband and I have become somewhat of expert road trippers!
Before our move to Charleston, we promised each other we would always try to make it home (Delaware) for...
The high school years can be a difficult and conflicting time for children, or adults . . . or whatever they are at that age. There is an intense desire for independence and responsibility, coupled with the lingering desire...
When our baby was born, I thought I knew all there was to know about breastfeeding as a new dad. What can be easier than pulling your shirt up and letting the baby go to town for 15 minutes...
When my first child was born, I was expecting the breastfeeding relationship of my dreams. We'd stare longingly into each other's eyes, lost in our own special world of love and bonding and unicorns. It would last approximately ten...
We are halfway to baby boy #2, which means halfway to breastfeeding . . . again! Oh, but do I have to?!
One of the many questions a first-time mother is asked before having her first child is, "Are you...
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