There comes a time in parenting when you hit a glorious moment – not buying diapers for your child anymore! When I knew we were getting close to that potty training milestone, I started thinking about what I wanted potty training to look like – or even better, what I didn’t want it to look […]
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You’ve had your baby and hopefully, the maternity leave that you desired, but now it’s time to go back to the classroom. If you are giving your baby breastmilk in any fashion – by nursing or pumping – going back to teaching and pumping at work will inevitably put a kink in your normal routine
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I finally got it. A birth that I want to relive over and over and over again. You may envision me pushing my baby across the finish line with a screaming newborn laid on my chest. Not quite. My third birth was all about control. I wanted to be in control as much as possible.
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After a successful breastfeeding journey with my daughter for nine months, exclusively pumping because my second child was in the CVICU was a huge adjustment. Maybe you have found out that you will be pumping because your child is in the NICU – don’t fret! It’s a lot of work, but it is a very
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It can be hard to know what to bring to the NICU even if you know ahead of time that you will be having a NICU stay. We knew well before delivery that our son had a CHD diagnosis called HLHS that would require an extensive CVICU stay for his open heart surgery. This isn’t
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When our baby was diagnosed with HLHS at our 20-week anatomy scan, the next question was, “What now?”. I had no idea what the rest of my pregnancy would look like with a CHD diagnosis. No doubt there was a wide range of emotions that I had to learn how to deal with as I
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I guess to start my first birth story I should start by saying we had a COVID baby. Yep. I was one of those moms that gave birth in 2020 to my very first child when the world was in such an uncertain state. My husband and I are both teachers, and our school shut
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Maybe a NICU stay was a surprise, or maybe you had time to process that you would be in the NICU, but either way, you might be asking yourself, “What do I need for my baby in the NICU?”. It’s a great question because it seems like it might be pretty pointless to bring much
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My second birth story holds a very special place in my heart. It’s a two-day journey that I will never forget. It was drastically different than my first birth story. It showed me what I was capable of, and it led us to the day we finally met our heart warrior. The Backstory If this
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