After my “breastfeeding” or shall I say year-long pumping experience with Ronin (see my previous post), I knew nothing was more important to me than making sure that breastfeeding worked the 2nd time around. After getting pregnant with Ellie, I had to make the choice to change OBs so that I could switch hospitals. If you read […]
Don’t Call Him a “Titty Baby”!
GUEST POST: By Lara Audelo, Mom, Founder, MamaPear Designs & Certified Lacation Education Counselor (CLEC) www.mamapeardesigns.com I support all breastfeeding moms, and I work to help them achieve their own personal breastfeeding goals, whatever they may be. I breastfed my oldest son until he was 27 months old, and my youngest son is 18 months and still […]
Suicide Awareness can be a Deterrent
I started this blog in honor of my friend who committed suicide on Christmas. As a person with quite a bit of experience with mental illness myself, I’m quite certain she had mental health issues that were never properly diagnosed or treated. It was no one’s fault. She was brilliant and knew how to put […]
Postpartum Depression: A Daddy Problem Too
GUEST POST: From ActiveWoMOM; Inspire. Motivate. Live. Lucky for MOMs, the talk and support provided has increased significantly for women in the unlovely realm of postpartum depression. Unfortunately, postpartum depression can effect the male population as well, and so far it isn’t touched on much. Postpartum depression is not the ‘baby blues.’ It’s a severe […]
The Mom Switch: Mom to “Sex Cat”
GUEST POST: By Marissa Turner, Mom & Host of Louisiana’s “The Outdoor Kitchen Show” Hi, my name is Marissa and I’m a mom and a wife. Notice that “wife” came second — somehow, for most of us, it always does. So, along with all the wonderful submissions about being a mother on this site, let […]
Being Mom AND Wife isn’t always easy
Anyway, John and I divide and conquer when it comes to the nighttime routine, and we get very little time in the same bed, much less alone in said bed. So, needless to say, the wifely “duty” has not recently been fulfilled. We’ve been content to capture […]
Preemie Mom Postpartum Depression
GUEST POST: By Julie Spencer Howard, Preemie Mom & Owner, It’s a Preemie Thing I’ve had a few friends develop PPD this past year after having their child and saw first hand how hard it was for them. They obviously didn’t see it coming, nor could they turn off a switch to make it stop. […]
Ellie’s a Termie but She Still Looks Cute in IAPT Clothes!
A Love Story
. Its Valentine’s Day? Oh yeah. 🙂 John and I have never been big on Valentine’s Day. We might give each other a card or something. But in general we see it mostly as a commercial holiday. We make a point to be loving to each other and say loving things on a daily basis. […]
Liz’s story of infertility, loss & love
GUEST POST: By Liz Nyholm, Mom & Artist www.LizPaints4.Etsy.com My name is Liz and I am 37 years young. I am happily married to my husband, Pete, for over 5 years and we are proud parents to a very energetic 15-month-old son, Jacob. I’m a SAHM. We also have a lively five-year-old dog named Lucy. She has […]
My story of infertility
. Back in January of 2006 John and I decided we’d start trying to conceive. We had this big plan that the baby would arrive nine months later and all would be grand. It would perfectly fit into our schedule, avoiding the window when he would be completing his current game. (He’s a game developer.) It seems […]
C-sections…The other skeleton in the closet
GUEST POST: By Kat Stremlau, Mom Carelful, you may be talking about the mom next to you! I’ve seen it firsthand. The discreetly dropped shoulders, the slightly downcast eyes…this is the look of a woman who’s had a C-section, surrounded by those that haven’t. It’s strange that this topic comes up so much around Woodinville. […]