My daughter recently learned to walk, much to my excitement (and consternation). As a first time mom, I kind of thought that she would take one step, then another, and then be off and running. At least, that's what everyone kept telling me. Turns out walking is much more of a process than I had ...
Five Tips to Help You Get Ready For The New Year
At this point, I don't know anyone who's not ready to say goodbye to 2016. This has been a trying year, and everyone I know has been looking ahead to the future with eager anticipation. I love love love New Year's---as you already know, I'm super type A, I love making lists, and I almost always ...
The First Night Away
My daughter is fifteen months old, and until this weekend I had never spent the night away from her. My husband and I worked out all kind of things and spent money on extra plane tickets so that I could have her close and keep nursing her. Finally, though, I felt like I was ready, and we planned ...
3 Tips for Surviving Road Trips With Kids
We're completing the last leg of a week-long family road trip to visit our family for Thanksgiving, and celebrate my grandmother's 95th birthday! In my family, driving to Georgia is a rite of passage. We used to load up the car and drive down on a moment's notice. I have countless memories of ...
Newborn Necessities
A friend of mine is expecting in January, and contacted me to ask about what she should have on hand for baby's first month. My first thought was to google an adorably-Pinnable checklist of what to buy and what not to buy, but I realized that my experience had been more like a Pinterest fail. So ...
Fighting The Flu with Maty’s (Giveaway!)
I received no compensation for this post, just the product for testing. As always, all opinions are true and 100% my own. One of the most stressful things about being pregnant and breastfeeding is that your list of over-the-counter remedies pretty much evaporates. When I was pregnant, I couldn't ...
