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We have a large family and parenting can be tough sometimes. We raise a lot more than just animals and trees! This category spans diapering, motherhood, breastfeeding, birthing, homework, and deeper topics.
Breastfeeding in public can be difficult, but also not nearly as big a deal as we make it. I was a new mom with a three week old baby and really needed to get out of the house. Really, really needed it. We’ve all been there, right? My sister came over for a walk so …
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My mind has been very focused on breastfeeding lately. I cannot help hoping I have an easier time of it with this next baby. I really want to be one of those blissful women who easily nurse to the one year mark and beyond without thinking about it. Do those women really exist? I don’t …
Busting infertility myths with Resolve.org. I chose this myth because I could really relate to it from both sides. Although, I am guessing my take on it is different than most. Most people on the receiving end of this assumption are probably older than I was and simply victims of circumstance or timing. Life doesn’t …
The pain eventually fades after losing a baby, but the memory is never gone. Two years ago. When I knew it was over, I knew it was over. But there was a thread I couldn’t snip. I lived like I was still pregnant. Like it would all be ok. I guess that thread was hope. …
Motherhood is a strange experience after infertility and miscarriage. My new normal isn’t normal yet. Normal used to be a sometimes vague and sometimes distinct sense of pain and emptiness. Sometimes it was happy with a grayish tinge. A little sorrow hovering in the background. It was normal to be lonely. Normal was smiles that …
Chomp ! Chomp! Chomp! “Yeeeeoooowwww!!!” That was the first two weeks of breastfeeding. He was a biter. He did not know how to suck or bring his tongue forward, and instead clamped his jaw down hard. I wanted nothing more than to pump and give him a bottle, but I didn’t want to introduce an …