Tag: first time mom
Expect the Unexpected
When my husband and I decided to have a baby, I began reading. Books, mommy blogs, pregnancy websites and baby forums quickly became my go-to...
HELP! (when they work and when they don’t)
I cried so many tears the day my son had his first bottle of formula. What did I do wrong? Why isn't this working?...
Look Away, She’s Nursing
I feel really inadequate to write about this topic. I am not the mom that would pull out her boob just anywhere, totally confident...
My Advice For New Moms
If I could pick one bit of advice to give to a new mom, what would it be?
That's the question I was asked following...
Losing Control
I am an organizer. A planner. OK, ok, a type-A control freak. We have spreadsheets that map out the next 15 years of our...
Great Expectations
My husband is disappointed in my pregnancy. Okay, not really ... he is actually very supportive, but he did have some expectations about my pregnancy that...
8 Things I Learned From my 8 Month Old …
I went into this parenting thing with a teensy, weensy sense of over-confidence - I have younger siblings, I babysat, I've seen what other...
Trucks, Dirt and Toots
"It's a boy."
Words I never thought I would hear. OK, I'll be honest - I actually cried when the ultrasound tech uttered those words.
The...
