Breastfeeding Journey – Part 2

Eight days after our baby was born, we finally got to bring her home. She had a specific, yet vague, feeding plan to include nursing, pumping, and formula supplementation. I should’ve documented better because those early days are a blur of feeding baby and changing diapers around the clock or pumping. Here is what I do remember: The terror of regularly scheduled weigh-ins at the pediatrician’s office and holding our breath in between those appointments;…

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Breastfeeding Journey – Part 1

When I found out I was pregnant, there was no question whether I would breastfeed or not. Immediately I knew it was something that I wanted to do. I spent hours researching it and even took the class supplied by the hospital where I had little Peanut. Matter of fact, it was the aspect that I researched the most…with the exception of perhaps cloth diapering, but that is a post for a different day. Everything…

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Favorite YouTubers

Confession time: I spend sort of a ridiculous amount of time watching YouTube. It all began with (to the best of my recollection) two old school beauty people by the name of Makeup by Tiffany D and Makeup Geek. It was around 2010 give or take a year. Marlena aka Makeup Geek had just started her makeup company and I found her via the blog as I had also just fallen in love with makeup.…

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Mommy Mondays – homemade baby cereal

This is a work in progress but I think today will begin with a series called Mommy Mondays. So my Monday posts will specifically be mom related. It is unlikely I will share pictures of my little one as I am just not comfortable with it at this point and I think I can create amazing content without any of those possible complications. Here goes. Currently, Peanut is 7 months old and starting to eat…

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