I opened my Facebook account and up popped a photo memory from two years ago. My baby boy was bald with a big smile, lying on his changing table, grabbing onto and fascinated with his feet. He found them,...
As a stay-at-home mom, one of the things I've been thinking a lot about is how I'm going to entertain my baby during the sweltering Columbia summer months.
There are some great places to visit with your baby (Riverbanks Zoo,...
Babies are everywhere! Lately, I am finding that more and more of my friends are pregnant and having babies, and it's so exciting. There's nothing more exciting than a brand new life (and a squishy, cute little baby!) coming...
I have anxiety. Maybe a lot.
Well, enough to make me exercise every day and medicate from time to time. But, the more I ask around, I realize I am like most middle-class women, struggling to get it right, and...
Mother's Day can be tough to celebrate when you are the parent of small children; children not old enough to know what Mother's Day is, or to do anything without the help of another adult to let mom know...
Having just welcomed our second baby girl in May, I've been thinking about all the things that were so different from my first baby, such as how I feel, what seems easier this time around, what seems harder, and...
I am a children's librarian by trade. Before I was even thinking about having a baby, I was reading aloud in story time and telling parents and caregivers why reading aloud to their children was so important. I read...
I have three children, and all three have been breastfed. Each breastfeeding journey was a little different, and each of those journeys is now complete. My third baby, my last born, the final addition to the family, weaned in...
It happened! You survived labor and delivery. You ate at least three questionable meals at the hospital. You didn't break your significant other's hand (or maybe you did). You birthed a baby.
Congratulations! Right now you are riding on a...
After two difficult years of struggling with infertility, my husband and I were ecstatic over the arrival of our baby girl. We had visions of family walks and family game nights, our little angel swaddled up beside us peacefully...
It was about ten years ago. My husband and I nervously awaited the results of our first 20 week ultrasound. Like most expectant moms, I was excited to find out if we were having a boy or a girl,...
I’ve always had a bit of an overactive imagination, but the images created from the combination of hormones, new mommyhood, and fear are honestly terrifying. It easily took me 6 weeks to realize that my baby was not glass...
My son was born in early June. Perfect timing, truly. I didn't have to endure too many days feeling like a cooked whale, and school had just let out, so it seemed like an intelligent time to duck out...
I never questioned my intuition.
Whether it be womanly or motherly, I figured that when I had kids, some kind of invisible switch would be flipped and I would magically posses those instincts people are always mentioning. You know the...
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