Sweet Toddlerhood- M is 3!

I don’t know how, so please don’t ask. These past three years have been… well… a blur. I was laying in bed the other night, watching the monitor, thinking about how obsessed I am with M. She’s clever and funny and witty. It is a gift to genuinely enjoy my little human. Nicknames: Moo, Noodle,…

Infant Days: The Epilogue

It was just over two years ago (!!) that we told the world M was going to be a little girl. A few months later that little girl entered the world and completely rocked mine to its core. It was T O U G H and I feel like I was very open and honest…

Every Direction

I use Instagram for three things: keeping up with all of you (& my non-blog friends), inspiration for my Animal Crossing island (#nerdalert), and parenting information. Let’s hone in on that last one. Recently I started following some new (child) sleep experts and questioning every single thing I’ve done for M and her sleep habits….

Baby Talk: What I’ve Learned

Being a mom is both nothing like I thought it’d be and everything I expected. I’ve always been introspective but motherhood really brings it out in me. What else am I supposed to do while rocking a fussy baby alone in the dark at 3am…? Here are some truths I’ve learned over the past +13…

Baby Talk: Dear New Mom

Happy Thursday. This has been on my heart so I wanted to get it out. Dear New Mom, First of all, congratulations! Secondly, how are you? Welcome to what I would describe as the hardest month/six weeks of your life. I am 7 months and 3 weeks into this parenting thing and, admittedly, we both…