Hi there! I'm thrilled to have my dear friend and former roommate write a guest post today! She is a great source of encouragement to me as a mother and I hope she can be that for you, too. <3 Kate This morning I attempted to get out the house for a walk before the temperatures soared. In our ...
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The sadness that sets in before you add a new member to your family
I've felt it every time. The week before my wedding as I packed up my room at my parents' house. The night before I was induced with my first baby. The morning we left for the hospital, in labor with our second. Every time a new member was about to be added to my family, I've spiraled into ...
Why New Moms REALLY Need Social Media
It's lonely. You didn't realize how lonely adding a new family member could make you feel, but it does. Sometime after the brand newness wears off--when husband goes back to work and helpful relatives go home and the church meals come to a halt--it's just you and your baby for hours and hours ...
5 tips to make mornings easier for moms living on newborn sleep with toddlers as well
Moms of two or more everywhere are in sleep poverty--we're exhausted. We're waking every two to four hours for at least the first six months of our new baby's life, and yet the day has to begin whenever the older child wakes. Right now, I'm doing my blogging and virtual assistant work after ...
How the new baby made you a terrible mom to your toddler (why it happened and how to make it better)
Somewhere in the fog of those first months after our second baby was born, something happened that I didn't think was possible: I had days where I flat out did not like my toddler. It's a hard thing to admit. But I started admitting it to other moms of two or more children. And you know what I ...
The newborn’s need for nearness [that transcends all relationships]
Babies sure can teach us a lot about life, can't they? My second baby is schooling me on relationships right now, and I'm listening, little man, I am listening. Even when all of his needs are met--full belly, sufficiently burped, dry diaper--he still requires nearness. He cries persistently until ...
Six things I’m doing differently with my second baby
1.) I'm cherishing the night feedings. I used to wake up and grimace in my exhaustion as I'd rise to feed my first baby. Not anymore. Infancy goes by too quickly. Now, with all the busyness that being a mom of two brings during the day, I cherish that precious time when it's just me and the new guy ...