Stop Stressing About the Freaking Pacifier
I think the biggest difference between the first kid and the second kid is the reduction in the sheer level …
Postpartum Care Kit Checklist (all the postpartum essentials)
I wrote out this postpartum recovery checklist after my FIRST baby, knowing I’d want to be better prepared the 2nd time around
And yet, the 2nd time around I still showed up at the hospital with a half packed labor bag, and a mostly ignored postpartum recovery checklist.
Bringing Baby Home – Enjoying the First Week With a Newborn
The birth of a baby is life changing; the sort of event that will always teach us new things. But the birth of my second baby showed me something totally unexpected – it showed me how badly I missed out on ENJOYING the precious moments of the first week at home with me first baby.
The first week with baby (or the first month, even) is a special and unique time… and there’s truly no way to be fully prepared for it.
Top 10 Best Baby Shower Gifts
A baby shower is a perfect occasion to oooh and ahhh over a ton of adorable baby things while also making …
5 ways your toddler can “help” with a new baby
Adding a new baby to the family is an exciting thing, but it can be a bit hard for a toddler who has never experienced it before. One great way to help your little one adjust to sharing you with a new baby is to let him be your “helper”.
How to Pee Postpartum (Without Crying)
If you’ve come upon this post in a desperate search (painful urination postpartum perhaps?) well, I’m guessing it’s not all fun and games for you either.
I swore that when I was all recovered and back at blogging, I would write the helpful postpartum stuff I couldn’t find online anywhere while I was healing and googling.
Googling things like how to pee postpartum without crying (or feeling like you’d rather give birth all over again).
What Do You REALLY Need for Baby? (no fluff – all necessities!)
New Baby Necessities List – What do you REALLY need for a baby? I hate clutter, we lived in a …
Saving money at Christmas -10 things I won’t buy this year
Let’s admit that Christmas is AWESOME, but DANGEROUS. Saving money at Christmas just goes out the window, doesn’t it? I don’t think there’s another time of year where it’s just so easy to completely blow your budget without even thinking about it. Everywhere you look at Christmas there is money to be spent.
Postpartum Sitz Baths: 6 Reasons Why You Should (plus 7 tips for how to do it)
Congratulations on your baby! …and sorry that your ‘downstairs’ is a terrible disaster. (Don’t worry – it heals.) But you need to know about sitz baths postpartum. One of the very best things I did postpartum – once I was home from the hospital – was taking a sitz bath twice per day.
9 Essential Tips for Surviving the First Trimester
I know it’s a miracle, and I am insanely grateful to have been blessed to grow my baby. I really am. But being pregnant sucked. The first trimester sucked, the second trimester sucked, and the third trimester was like something straight out of a horror movie.