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The Pregnancy
What can I say? I was a very lucky girl! I had an easy pregnancy and had one of the envious baby bumps. I should have been a maternity model, oh except for the crazy pregnancy acne! Pregnancy was a...
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The Pregnancy, Part 2
Oh wait, I didn’t tell you how we broke the news to everyone! Well, this was a huge shock to all our friends and family because not one of them had any idea! There was one set of friends who I knew...
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The First Four Weeks
Wow, this was a total shock to my system. I am the first of my family and my friends to have a baby. I have tons of co-workers who have kids, but I work about an hour away from my home, so I don’t get...
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The Breastfeeding
This might be a long one, so get comfortable… Summary of the first four weeks: Baby not breastfeeding well, found out at 2 week appointment that he hadn’t gained weight; irritable all the time, etc....
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The Breastfeeding Update
I had a follow up appointment with an ENT at the local Children’s Hospital. I had originally made the appointment a month ago because Ben was having some stridor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stridor)...
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The Mother-In-Law
This may be the reason I started this whole blog in the first place. Sometimes you just have to rant and get things off your chest so you can move on! Let me back up here a little. My husband and I...
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The To-Do List
One of the hardest things for me to adjust to after having a baby was not accomplishing my massive to do lists! Before baby, I would cross fifty things off my list in a matter of a few hours. Even...
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The Fog Has Lifted
Somewhere around 6 weeks, it was like a fog cleared from my life. We had been bogged down in feeding issues, dealing with sleeplessness, and adjusting to our now forever changed lives. Suddenly we got...
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The Post Baby Body
I’m going to be honest here: I kind of hate my post baby body. I went from having this adorable, cute little baby bump and having an amazing wardrobe that fit me perfectly, showing off my new curves...
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The Working Mama
I recently returned to work. I am lucky enough to be able to work part time. It means I may eat Top Ramen for lunch everyday, but I get to spend most of my time with my beautiful baby! I am working two...
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The Milk Nazi
I am a freak about the milk that I pump. Not everyone understands why. I spend several hours attached to a pump, making milk, and I pretty much hate every second of it. Don’t get me wrong, this is a...
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The Next Time
I spend an unreasonable amount of time contemplating what I would do differently with the next kiddo. There are many things I’ve learned so far in my first 5 months of being a mom. In some ways I am...
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The Adventures in Sleep Training aka The Sleep Nazi
I love snuggling with my baby! Who doesn’t? Until it became a little bit of a problem…. We (and Ben) had gotten so used to rocking him to sleep, we would sometimes spend an hour or two getting him to...
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The Jealousy
There’s something I’ve been mulling over for the last couple of weeks, and I just couldn’t put my finger on it, until I was discussing it with a co-worker today. Apparently, I am jealous of other...
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The Annoying Sh*t People Say
At the moment, here are all the things I can think of that people say, that annoy the sh*t out of me! 1. You look great! (No, I don’t. I hate my body, and you are just saying that because you don’t...
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