Category: Motherhood

Nap Time to Quiet Time: Rest for Toddlers and their Mamas

Nap Time to Quiet Time: Rest for Toddlers and their Mamas

I’m so excited to team up with Whitney for today’s post about quiet time. Whitney is a Licensed Professional Counselor and specializes in seeing young adult women and children. From the time that Whitney and I connected on Instagram, I’ve always had a feeling that […]

Current Favorites: Toddler Toys (3 years and 18 months)

Current Favorites: Toddler Toys (3 years and 18 months)

Well, here we are. We’ve reached the point where Jacob is as old as TJ was when Jacob was born. It’s a very weird milestone for me mentally, since I remember thinking that TJ was such a big boy when I brought Jacob home, and […]

Three Lessons from Three Years of Motherhood

Three Lessons from Three Years of Motherhood

Our sweet, kind, smart, confident, sensitive TJ turned three years old last weekend, and I can truly hardly believe it. On one hand, it feels like the past three years have flown by, but on the other, it’s nearly impossible to remember life before TJ. […]

5 Ideas for a Safe and Fun Halloween During the COVID-19 Pandemic

5 Ideas for a Safe and Fun Halloween During the COVID-19 Pandemic

I’m so excited to team up with some of my favorite mamas for today’s post! We’re all in the midst of parenting small children during what has proven to be a year that none of us could have expected, and we all want to make […]

Some Days We… MS, New Medication, and the Perfect Book to Explain it All

Some Days We… MS, New Medication, and the Perfect Book to Explain it All

As you all know, the past few months has brought MS relapse, change in medication, and lots of learning how to talk about those things to our home. Our discussions about my MS with TJ, and now Jacob, too, have always been open and honest, […]

How Working in the NICU Prepared Me for Motherhood…and How It Didn’t

How Working in the NICU Prepared Me for Motherhood…and How It Didn’t

Let me start by saying that I consider myself very fortunate to have spent the years that I did working in one of the best Neonatal ICU’s in the country, and learning from some of the best in the field of pediatrics both clinically and […]

Current Favorites: Toddler Books (15 mos. and 2.9 years)

Current Favorites: Toddler Books (15 mos. and 2.9 years)

We’re back! I’m so excited to team up with Sarah of Cozy Little Joys and Shannon of A Dash of Solt again to share our favorite toddler books. Between the three of us, we have four kiddos all between 1 and 3 years old. Sarah’s […]

Jacob’s 15-month Health Update: Follow-Up, Next Steps, and Appointments during COVID

Jacob’s 15-month Health Update: Follow-Up, Next Steps, and Appointments during COVID

I can’t believe my sweet boy is 15 months old already! His first year was one for the books and, having just gone through this with TJ, we have so been looking forward to all of the exciting growing and changing that happens when babies […]

Exclusive Pumping & Exclusive Breastfeeding: A Tale of Two Babies

Exclusive Pumping & Exclusive Breastfeeding: A Tale of Two Babies

I’ve said a million times before that my two boys could not be more different. Their personalities, their preferences, the way they do things, and even the way they fed as newborns and babies. Though they’re only 18 months apart, my breastfeeding experiences were polar […]

Potty Training: What We Did Differently On Our Second (Successful) Attempt

Potty Training: What We Did Differently On Our Second (Successful) Attempt

I don’t know about you, but potty training was one of the most overwhelming milestones to even think about broaching with TJ. Throw in a little brother who needs quite a bit of attention and a pandemic and every week I would say “maybe next […]