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Baby Led Weaning is a Life Saver
It is a fact that my son did not want to be born. I did EVERYTHING I possibly could to start labor. I walked, ate hot food, bounced on a ball, did all kinds of stretches…everything, but I would not dilate and the moment the doctor said they were willing to induce, I jumped on…
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French Scenes & Mommy Life
I was 20 years old and riding a train to either Versailles or Fontainebleau. At that time in my life, I was a devoted student of art history who waffled between going to graduate school for art history or maybe doing something entirely different and going for something like nursing because as passionate as I…
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I’m a Reformed Anti-Breastfeeding Mom
I admit it. Before I had my son, I thought breast feeding was the strangest thing. My boobs were supposed to do what? I was supposed to allow my kid to put his mouth where? It all just seemed strange to me. However, I am a reader. I will read anything. I am also a…
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My New Favorite Phrase
I don’t know why some people take it upon themselves when they learn that a woman is pregnant or is a new mom to vomit all over them unsolicited parenting advice. I have always found it to be one of the most annoying things about people who choose to do that. They are a close…
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Somewhere Between Sanity and Motherhood
I didn’t mean to take such a long break from writing, in fact, there is SO much I have wanted to write about, but I never seem to have the time anymore. Our son was born a week before my birthday in August. I want to eventually write my birth story, but the entire ordeal…
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News for this Week.
The Baby: He’s getting big and strong. I read to him Berenstain Bears books and I started to play classical music to him at night. It makes him get super active so I think he either loves or hates it. He kicked my phone off my stomach on Friday. Last night, he found the area…
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Is it really April?
I don’t know where this year has gone. I remember spending much of it being very stressed out about my wedding and then more recently, being hyper-focused on my pregnancy and dissertation. And then BAM, somehow it’s April. Speaking of my pregnancy, he’s getting so big and he’s measuring tall which makes me happy because that…
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My Baby is Turning Me Into a Nut Job
Today my pregnancy app told me that I would probably feel kicks soon and that this may make me feel more attached to my baby. I’ve been feeling the butterflies from him for a couple weeks now and I saw his little face that looks like a baby already just two weeks ago. We’ve named…
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The Kind of Mom I Want to Be
I’ve been thinking a lot lately, especially over the last couple of days about the kind of mother I don’t want to be. I spent a lot of my dating life looking for my other half and within him, making sure that he was going to be a good father who loved me and his…
