Preparing for Baby #2

By Lore Slaughter | December 13, 2019 |

With my due date quickly approaching at the end of this month, life often feels like it is spinning out of control –a frightening feeling for a mama with a type “A “personality like me!  Between frustrating physical limitations, holiday visitors, holiday preparations (and all of the stress that goes with it), and nesting (IE.…

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Baby Registries

By Lore Slaughter | November 8, 2019 |

There seem to be a lot of “social rules” regarding baby registries and some people have very strong feelings about them.  When I was pregnant with my first son, my husband and I set up registries at both Babies R’ Us and Target but we didn’t widely share that we had them.  My mom felt…

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Growing Your Family

By Lore Slaughter | August 16, 2019 |

One of the topics that pops up in my mom groups (both in person and on Facebook) all the time is how to know when the time is right to grow your family.  When do you know it’s the right (or wrong) time to add another baby?  The tough part about this question is that…

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