I promise this will be shorter than my last post. Gee willigers, it just kept going on and on. To tell the truth, I probably could have said more about each of those products but wanted to at least try to keep it somewhat short and succinct. Back to my revelation, after staying home with my tot again in this week I realized she loves being busy and engaged. She isn’t just trying to drive…
It needs to be said. For me. For you. Even if the people who deserve these words never read them. I am sorry. For the last few years. For the phone calls or message that were not returned. For the words that went unspoken. For the words that were harsher than intended. For being self-absorbed. For not being there. For not being Jess. To myself: It is okay that life has been hard. Things are…
We took two baby classes early in my third trimester (both on the same day). During the one that gave the numbers for how many diapers a new baby goes through, my husband proclaimed his resolve to not use disposables. He was appalled at the amount of waste it made even in those early days. I remained unsure but also saddened by that much garbage. So we discussed at least using cloth diapers while at…
I looked into her big beautiful blue-green eyes this morning. For a moment, I pondered the dreams that may already live behind those eyes. What kind of person will she be? As she shot me a toothy grin, it struck me the people she will never know. She missed the chance to hear Megan’s laugh or jam out with her to some Smashing Pumpkins to destress after an argument with me about wearing makeup or…
Subscription services are all the rage these days. You can get them for everything from health and beauty products to hobby boxes including books or knitting. There are also ones out there for the kiddos to learn their STEM skills. The Little One might try that out when she is a skosh older. The basis of today’s information regards the exciting notion of ordering cleaning products. I initially saw this on one of the YouTube…
Eight months ago, life was changed as she said hello to the world (at the early hour of 4 am and has been waking me up at the crack of dawn every day since). For months before that, lots of research was done regarding what might be needed to take care of this creature. There is a lot of stuff out there for just that purpose. I will preface the upcoming information with a few…
There is no clock in your nursery. As if we anticipated that time would be of little consequence in that space. The gray rocker in the corner already a bit spotted from those early days of an abundance of spit up. Those early nights were longer than the current ones; full of worry and anxiety about whether you were eating enough. You are much heavier tonight than in those days. Clearly we got that all…
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;…
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…
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.…