The cake smash has become more popular than ever and I couldn’t be a bigger fan. I absolutely love watching little ones grab it, poke it, put their face right down in it and get messy as can be. But not all moms are jazzed about the idea of loading up their one year olds […]

What’s the best gift you can possibly give a new mom? Time. Time to shower. Time to eat. Time to just sit and stare at her sweet new baby. Time to heal. So, how do you give someone the gift of time? Take something off their plate. And by that I mean, put something ON […]

Feed the baby, put him down for a nap and work. Sounds easy, right? Here’s how it really goes….. 5am- feed screaming baby 5:32am- go back to bed 6am- change screaming baby who has pooped himself awake 6:27am- baby finally falls back asleep- you make coffee and “go to work” 6:45- get distracted with facebook 7:30- […]

If you could change anything about your postpartum self, what would it be?  I imagine a lot of minds just flashed to that number on the scale that hasn’t quite gotten back to where it once was- or maybe that ring around the midsection that no matter how hard you work doesn’t quite go away. Perhaps the boobs […]

I have a horrible memory. Like, really really bad.⠀ But I can remember the lead up to this guy’s birth 7 years ago perfectly. I remember how it felt to wait an extra 13 days. How annoyed I was with all the “have you had that baby yet?” Texts and phone calls.⠀ I remember exactly […]