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My sweet baby girl will be 2 years old on Sunday. I can not believe how quickly time has passed. The tiny little nugget that came speedily and fiercely into the world on my 33rd birthday has grown into a smart, sassy, kind, polite, creative, caring and loving little girl who I wouldn't trade for anything. She has taught me so much, not only about being a mother, but about who I am as a person. I have grown and changed for the better because I have her in my life, and I am so

I have a confession to make - technology has recently become a problem in my life. I've always been a great reader, choosing a book over TV or a movie every time. But lately, I find myself binging on Gilmore Girls or Parks and Rec on Netflix every night after Lorelai goes to bed, and not picking up a book for days. It doesn't make me feel good. In fact, it makes me feel all swirly and edgy inside, even though the goal of laying on the couch and binge watching TV is to "re

Last week I wrote about my favorite books to read during pregnancy to prepare for child birth. Today we're going to talk about other media I love to educate yourself on pregnancy and child birth. This probably won't be an exhaustive list, but I'll try! Podcasts- 1. The Birthful Podcast - the Birthful podcast is my most favorite podcast for pregnancy. There are a lot of really informative episodes (in fact, if you go to the website, www.birthful.com, you can find a list ent

I had originally planned for this post to be a list of ALL the things I recommend for preparing yourself for birth. But, well, if you know me, you know how much I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE books, so this list got away from me. So this is part one, and its all about books. There will be a part 2, and possibly part 3, with a list of other things I think you should have or do to prepare yourself for labor and birth. But for today - BOOKS! Here is the list of books that I generally reco

I've been wanting to write this post for a while. I tend to stalk the mommy Facebook pages, because I'm a new mom myself, and because I believe I have a lot of knowledge to offer to other moms. One of the things I see A LOT are questions from moms who are having trouble breastfeeding. Sometimes, those moms have already given up breastfeeding, but their babies are still struggling with reflux or weight gain. Invariably, these moms are asking for suggestions on good bottles