I found out President Barack Obama will address greetings to people celebrating milestones such as special birthdays and anniversaries. I thought I’d do a little digging around to see if this service is provided for newborns. Lo and behold, it is! Regardless of your personal/political feelings toward the President, you have to admit it would …
I’m writing this post for myself as much as for other mothers of newborns. I have a beautiful baby girl who from 6AM to 6PM loves to gaze into my eyes, smile, coo and even enjoys the dreaded tummy time so many newborns hate. At 10 weeks old, she actually has pretty good neck control …
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If you’ve read this blog before, you will know that the newest love of my life is my baby girl born in early November. I am exclusively breastfeeding because I feel this is the best for both her health and mine. I’ve said it in the past, and I’ll say it again, though breastfeeding is …
Once upon a time, staying up til 4 clubbing and drinking enough illusion shakers to have a nasty hangover at work the next day was the kind of fodder me and my girlfriends laughed about the following week. Now, with 2 kids I know that if I am up all night this is not going …
So Monkey #2 decided she forgot how to breastfeed yesterday. For realz…She fed as normal at 1AM, 4AM and then at 7 she would go to the boob and not latch on. I spent a frustrating 15 minutes switching from side to side, not at all understanding why she wouldn’t or rather couldn’t feed. She …
Mamavation Monday: Keeping fit and keeping family happy Read More »
It is a week exactly from when this all happened. It is also 8 days after I last saw Isla’s pediatrician. We had a well check today to make sure that she is thriving and putting on weight. She is not yet back up to birth weight, but she did put on 8 ounces in …