Embracing the dirty thirty
I’m so relieved to say that 8 ½ months after having my baby girl I have officially lost every last bit of my baby weight -- all 57 lbs. of it! Yep, I’ve said it a million times by now, but I gained way too much in pregnancy, my bad. So let’s move beyond how ridiculous my weight gain was and focus on how great my weight loss has been m’kay? Despite my hefferness … [Read more...]
As the decision on when to wean my 7 month old baby Annabelle from the boobie weighs heavy on my mind, I now understand why some women breastfeed their babies well into their teenage years. Hey, it’s tough to break that amazing bond you’ve developed with your baby since day one. Being your baby’s sole source of nourishment as they look up at you lovingly, and … [Read more...]
Three months ago, when Annabelle was a mere two months old and I was suffering from social isolation on maternity leave, I decided to book a flight to attend my friend’s bachelorette party in Park City, Utah, in January. I know what you’re thinking; a bachelorette party in UTAH! How are we going to get drunk and watch strippers in Utah? Isn’t fun kind of a sin there? … [Read more...]
The thing that everyone warned me would happen finally did. One month after returning to work, my milk supply has taken a SUDDEN nose dive -- and it literally happened this past weekend. When I say sudden, I mean up to Thursday of last week I was still pumping plenty of breast milk at work and literally clawing at the door to escape meetings every 2 ½ -3 hours so I can … [Read more...]
As I’m exactly one week away from dropping Annabelle off at daycare for the first time, it’s causing me to go into uber reflection mode on the first few months of her life. And as I think about all the things I’ve learned during this time, I wanted to share them in a blog post so that other *brand new moms* or moms to be can keep them in mind when the going gets … [Read more...]
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