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Movement for Littles!
We are a whole year into this pandemic. I don’t know about you, but my kids are totally over it. We also live in Chicago with its never ending winter and erratic weather. Yesterday we were outside wearing t-shirts and today its freezing and snowing heavily. I have 3 small active children who crave…
Read MoreOn The Day You Were Born
I remember February 25, 2019 very well. I woke up eager and excited. This was the day we were going to begin inducing Felicity. I knew I would meet the last missing piece of my puzzle soon. I went to the OB, then home to wait. My third birth was complicated by a partial placental…
Read MoreBaby’s First Birthday
Last Sunday my baby officially turned one year old. It’s been a difficult year on so many levels I’m not even sure where to start. I have so many feelings surrounding Matthew’s birthday and I’m guessing that there are other 2020 moms who feel similarly. Here is just a taste of some of the feelings…
Read More2020: What a Year
We all know that 2020 has been quite a year. So much has gone wrong and as it nears its end I think many are glad to have it behind us. I have to admit though, the realist in me doesn’t foresee 2021 being much better – at least not the first part of the…
Read MoreThe Smell Of A Baby
Some of you are likely about to think I’ve completely lost my mind but I’m about to tell you about how much I LOVE the way my baby smells. Ok – before you decide if I’m crazy or not let me clarify – I don’t mean his dirty diapers because man – those could clear…
Read MoreAdventures in OT: Feeding Therapy
My last blog post, read it here, was about my gratitude towards my ability to breastfeed my 10 month old son. He is thriving on breastmilk and is quite the chunky monkey – as we affectionately refer to him. He is over a whopping 19lbs – much larger and heavier than my first son was…
Read MoreGrateful for Breastfeeding
When breastfeeding is working well, it’s easy to take it for granted but lately, I’ve come to realize just how grateful I am for it. With my first son, I was grateful for breastfeeding because it gave my baby the extra immune support and because I felt like it was the perfect nutrition formulated just…
Read MoreThis Journey
It’s 10:30 pm. I’m laying in bed staring at my sweet baby. The same thing I’ve done for 20 months. She is beautiful. Delicate features. Wide eyes. Wild hair. Full cheeks despite her wasted body. Her skin wrinkles. Pale. Her mouth always holding her green pacifier. Her hand holding some wrapper. Legs curled in like…
Read MoreYou Are Enough
A couple of days ago a good friend sent me a text “please tell me it’s ok to stop nursing, I am drowning” or something to that effect. It got me thinking. We are so hard on ourselves. I mean we were hard on ourselves pre-covid but now? This situation we are living in is…
Read MoreThe Poor Second Child
Growing up, I always felt a little bit of resentment towards my younger sister (even saying that I feel horrible admitting it.) Being the older sibling I always felt that she “got away” with things that I never did and she seemed to be granted privileges that I never had. It seemed as if my…
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