Motherhood

BABY PRODUCTS! Ladies, ladies, ladies! Things change from year to year, birth to birth, baby to baby. I have a 7 year old boy, 5 year old boy, and a 10 month old baby girl, and with each child...

I opened my son’s daily work folder from school and saw the note, “Please bring a 2 liter bottle of soda for our weekly soda drive! Whichever class brings the most bottles gets a free dress day!” Matching note...

I am tired all the time.  My sleep is restless.  I wake up and I’m already ready for a nap.  No amount of sleep is enough sleep.  All of these are phrases I used to describe how I had recently been feeling to...

I swear, the moment I announced I was pregnant, people started asking about how I planned to feed my baby. I heard "breast is best" from my friends, family, my OB, a random women in the grocery store. Being...

When I think back to when I was a little girl, I remember how I always had this vision in my head of a husband, kids, our own home, and myself taking care of it all. I always knew...

When I was pregnant, one of the things I was most nervous about was breastfeeding. I wanted to make sure I was doing it right, because I wanted the best for my baby. I didn't want to be that terrible...

I don't think I have ever shared this story publicly. I have shared it with people who I felt needed to know they were not alone, and it isn't a secret, so I don't know why I have always...

Birthing a child is one of the hardest things a woman’s body can go through. Throughout a woman’s pregnancy, there are countless measures to ensure that when labor comes it is as seamless as possible and that baby and...

It was June of 2012. Hot. The weather in South Texas rarely changes. Windy, sunny, rains occasionally. One thing you can almost depend on is the weather here. I was a little over 5 months pregnant and working part-time. I...

The other day felt particularly long. And no matter how fast I ran I still felt like I had accomplished nothing. I sent this defeated message to my husband with the preface "I am sending this to you so...