Happily After Giving Birth – 10 Things They Don’t Tell You
1. You will have a really heavy period. No matter how you give birth (c-section or va-j-j) you will have postpartum bleeding. This delightful…
Moms
Whether you’re in the “mama”, “mommy” or “mom” stage, these posts are for you. Feel free to read them while you’re peeing alone. LOL. We both know that never happens.
20 Things I Learned From My First 4 Months of Parenthood
My daughter just turned four months old and in some ways it has been a brutal four months. In other ways, I can’t believe…
30 Ways I Talk Myself Out of a Third Child
My desire to have a third child flip-flops every day. It’s like watching The Bachelor, where he can’t decide between two potential mates, picks one,…
When I Became a Mother of Two
When my first baby napped, I lay right there with him. Sometimes we’d drift off together, other times I’d just stare at his peaceful…
Gird Your Loins: 4 Unexpected Truths From The First Month
Being pregnant is a long, boring and often miserable experience. To help pass that time, you’re probably on a non-stop internet cruise finding every…
Best Advice for New Parents
My great-grandmother always said “babies need air” – meaning that they should go outside every day. I’m not sure if there is any science…
What You Need To Know About My Almost Twins
We finished up at the mall play area and agreed to meet in the parking lot so I could lead the caravan to the…
Advice to Myself the Second Time Around
Being pregnant for the second time did not resemble my memory (fantasy?) of the first time around. I felt much more sick, more exhausted,…
How Becoming A Mother Made Me Hate My Dog
Before I had children, my dog was my baby. I missed her when I was out. We had a “cuddle on the couch”…
6 Things I Forgot About Newborns
With my first child, I was prepared to not know everything, and relied on advice from books and people like my mother who raised…
Viral Comic Describing the Mother Mental Load is Everything
A French artist, Emma, has united moms of the world after her comic titled “You Should Have Asked” has gone mega viral. In it,…
Other Things Not To Say To A New Mom
I get it. I’m a new mom. You, stranger at the grocery store, are an old-hat mom. You know shit. For some reason…
Humble Lessons I’ve Learned about Mixing Friends and Kids
To all of my friends that had children before me, I owe you a heartfelt apology. I was wrong. So wrong. About everything. I…
What I’ve Learned So Far (10 Week Edition)
1. I need to have a shower everyday. After having my daughter, Ryley, a daily shower has become an absolute priority in a…
The 5 Types of New Mom Fatigue
Growing a human person from scratch and then raising them is wonderfully rewarding, but it’s also unrelenting and exhausting work. Once, long before I had…
10 Phases Of Taking A Shower With A Newborn In The House
I asked my bud, Ilana, if I could post one of the sections of her book The Mommy Short’s Guide to Remarkably Average Parenting…
New Mom Guilt: Why You’re Not Failing as a Mother
I’ve gotten a lot of emails from women saying they feel overwhelmed by motherhood. Not in a dangerous way, just in an “I totally…
Going home with your first-born in 7 easy steps
Step 1: Get kicked/wheeled out of the hospital. Take way too long trying to put the baby in the car seat, everything feels way…
Shit that Sucks as a New Mom – and How I Made it Through
There are plenty of people on the Internet who will tell you becoming a mother is life-changing. That it is a love and connection…
Tips From a Doula – How to Survive Postpartum
What is Postpartum? In simple terms, postpartum is the period following birth. In our current healthcare climate, this means 2 nights at the hospital before…