I didn't want to go back to work after the birth of my son. I wanted to stay home with him with all my heart, but unfortunately my husband and I couldn't afford it. My husband had just graduated from college, but hadn't found better employment, leaving me as the primary breadwinner. I didn't actually mind the whole 'working' part, but I couldn't imagine leaving my son everyday. At 4 months old, we … [Read more...]
Our Typical Baby Bedtime Routine
Ever since we implemented a bedtime routine when Ethan was around 2 months old, our nights go pretty smoothly for the most part. For the first couple months of his life, we just let him sleep whenever and whereve he could - after all, him sleeping meant mommy and daddy sleeping! After a while, (and after getting used to the DockATot) we noticed he had begun to naturally develop his own sleeping … [Read more...]
My Miscarriage Story
potential trigger warning for pregnancy loss I am 1 in 4. Before 2014, I had no idea what this statistic meant. It is estimated that 1 in 4 pregnancies in the United States ends in miscarriage. In 2014, I had an early pregnancy lost. My husband and I didn't mean to get pregnant. We had gotten married in July and were on our honeymoon. I hadn't been on any form of hormonal birth control … [Read more...]
Labor Bag Revisited
It's been over 4 months since I gave birth to my son and brought my labor bag to the hospital. I packed what I thought I would need and left out some essentials that I didn't think I would need. I did the best I could based on the things I had learned about labor, but going through labor I have a much better perspective. When I had packed my bag to go to the hospital, it was important to me to … [Read more...]
Our Nursing Journey
Breastfeeding was never supposed to be difficult after all, we're biologically designed to provide love and nutrition to our offspring in this way. I did all the right things during my pregnancy; attended child birth classes, watched videos, read books and even went to La Leche League meetings. I was prepared both mentally and physically to nurse my child. Somewhere though, something went wrong. … [Read more...]
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