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welcome! my blog is all about lifestyle, pregnancy & the incredible, wild, ever-changing journey of motherhood.
come along as I share my experience about going from being an elementary school teacher to being a full time stay-at-home millennial mom!
recent posts
Baylor’s 1st trip around the sun: a birthday blog
baby’s first music class!
Last week, we went to baby music class for the first time! We visited Musicology in Chandler, AZ and had the most fun experience. Baylor has not been around other babies his age since the pandemic began and I was so excited to see how he would react.
stay at home mom & 1 year old’s daily schedule
1 year old smash cake session tips!
These days, there are all kinds of fun and trendy traditions to do when your baby turns one. One of the most popular is the cute and coveted smash cake session. It can get a little - okay, super messy and sometimes stressful to set up and execute smoothly. Don’t worry, girl! I have plenty of tips to share!
Baylor’s birth story: a COVID-19 delivery
Baylor William made it earth side exactly a week before his due date and he was nothing short of perfection in our eyes. It was a day to remember: an incredible, terrifying, life-changing experience I will cherish forever! I love you, B. You will always be my baby boy.
baby-led weaning tips and tricks
6 realistic ways to cope with postpartum loneliness
I’ve had to figure out my own ways of coping with feeling lonely, some ways more creative than others with lockdown and these special circumstances. I find that these six tips are realistic, relatively easy tasks and rituals you can implement without making yourself feel even more overwhelmed. Let me know what you think and what else might be beneficial to new mamas.
how I weaned my 10 month old from breastfeeding
Here is the flow of how I gradually lessened pumping sessions and added formula to my baby’s diet. Because he was under 1 year old, he still required formula or breastmilk so he was receiving proper nutrition along with solids.
breastfeeding is not for the weak
The first thing the nurse did when she set my just born baby on my chest was mention we should try to latch him and start hand expressing colostrum. Hand what? Is that the name of a car wash? Is colostrum milk? My mind still processing what my body had just endured, I went along with whatever my caretakers prescribed.
5 products you should *actually* buy your baby in 2021
Mama, if you are looking for what baby products are totally worth it in 2021, you came to the right spot.
what to expect in the hospital: delivering your baby during COVID - 19
In August of 2019 my husband and I found out the most exciting news of our lives. Little did we know what was just around the corner - a drastic change across the globe, not just in our little world.
“There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.”
- Jill Churchill
