Posts Tagged ‘Motherhood’
Things they never warned me about!
Recently I was chatting with friends about our birth experiences. Some of us gave birth in a hospital, some at home, some induced, some c-section, some with an epidural, some without. We all have different experiences. The interesting thing I learned is how many of us felt uninformed or unsure about things during our first…
Read MoreThey Are Always Listening
I am the mother of two daughters and one son. Three small children who follow me around all day long, tug at my legs, and won’t even let me pee in peace. They are always around; always listening. This has never been more apparent until recently. One morning I was standing in my bathroom doing…
Read MoreGoals
When I was in college I had a professor who gave us a set of goals at the beginning of the course. These were objectives we were expected to meet in order to be successful in her class. The list was daunting. I failed her class. I’ve never done well with goals. To me, a goal…
Read MoreWhat NICU means to so many moms.
As many soon-to-be moms do, I had a birth plan. It included a vaginal birth with no epidural, no unnecessary medications, a minimum of 1 hour of initial skin to skin contact bonding time, delayed cord clamping and of course my baby would latch on right away with no problems. Well, I quickly found out…
Read MoreDear Child
One day I will tell you my story. I will tell you the story of a girl who was hurt and abandoned. The tale of a child who wasn’t quite sure who she was who grew into a young adult that hated everything she had been taught about herself. I will tell you a muted…
Read MoreMy Pledge
A day lasts 24 hours. A year 365 days. When you have a newborn each hour feels like an eternity and a second all in the same breath. They grow so quickly. Each stage lasts entirely too long and flies by entirely too quickly. It’s a strange thing. Newborns cry. A lot. And I often…
Read MoreSetting Limits
Grace was 9 days shy of 2 years old when Brendan was born. She was still nursing multiple times a day (and night!) and I thought that tandem nursing was going to be a wonderful experience. I looked forward to providing comfort and nutrition to both of my babies and thought the transition would be…
Read MoreHoliday Survival 101: Mommy Edition
Tis the season! Hope you hit the gourd running. (See what I did there). So ladies, we need to talk. Step away from the Pinterest board, and put down the pumpkin spice, I promise it will be ok. Yeah, maybe take off the cornucopia hat, please. I just want to get this out there…
Read MoreThank You LC’s and IBCLC’s
On December 23, 2010, I was done with breastfeeding. I had been triple feeding (nursing, then pumping, then supplementing with my expressed milk) in an effort to raise my newborn son’s weight and I was exhausted. I had been doing it since he was born on December 10th, had gone to see two different IBCLCs…
Read MoreDear Grace
Dear Grace, I can not believe that in 3 short months you will be 3 years old. Your time with me has impacted my life so greatly that it seems much longer. My girlie. You came into this world on an icy January night. Two hours of pushing a baby we didn’t know was almost…
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