I have always been a television person. I lack the attention span to sit down for hours watching movies, but give me entire seasons of shows that I view watch in thirty-minute increments, and I am a happy camper....
Did you know that November is National Adoption Month? This adoption story is a lot of things, but more than anything, it is just a story of the incredible power of love.
Unless I’m around other parents who have...
Looking at me now, toting a 20-month-old toddler on my back, holding hands with my 4-year-old, and sporting a six pack month pregnant belly, I seem to be the very picture of fertility.
What that picture doesn’t show is how very...
As a breastfeeding mother, I've had my fair share of inappropriate comments, questions and unsolicited advice.
Sometimes I've been dumbfounded. Rarely I've been mad. But occasionally, you get a piece of advice right when you need it.
I nursed four babies...
Welcome to our newest series. In "Friday Favorites," our team will share a handful of favorite items. These can range from clothes to beauty products to recipes to books and anything in between.
I gave birth in March to my...
Pregnancy is a strange/awesome/crazy/fun/sick/roller coaster of emotions time in your life. Here are a few things I am happy to have said goodbye to and some things I actually miss from those nine months.
Things I Don’t Miss
Throwing Up and...
I am wrapping this blog post up with caution tape. This is my no-filter, true story, leave it all out there, journey with my menstrual cycle. My period. Devil-ish Aunt Flow. More specifically, my journey and walk with endometriosis....
“It could be nothing ... or it could be ... something.”
With those words so casually mentioned by my doctor after a recent regularly scheduled prenatal ultrasound, I was tossed headfirst into a place of uncertainty and anxiety.
This one phrase...
After seeing my OB/GYN doctor for nine months, I felt a huge void after I gave birth. I got along well with her and felt like I was getting excellent care. Then I had my baby. I saw her...
Today is World Prematurity Day. Every year on November 17th, the March of Dimes focuses on the ongoing crisis of premature births and children. They donate to research and development in this area, demand #BlanketChange on policies for mothers...
By some miracle, the house is quiet. My daughter sleeps hard as the shades in her windows block out the afternoon sun. In the room next door, I hold my son close, dancing him to sleep while Audrey Hepburn...
This week on the blog – in conjunction with The Breastfeeding Shop – we are thrilled to run a series of posts on breastfeeding in honor of World Breastfeeding Week. World Breastfeeding Week started August 1st and runs through...
Military Lifestyle
Boots In The House
We know firsthand how beneficial community can be. We want to show our Moms of Service Members that they have a safe place to...
