New Moms

"Why didn't anyone warn me?!" "I had no idea that would happen!" "I wish I had known...." Show of hands if you said any or all of these after you welcomed your new baby home. Mom groups are flooded with posts of...

Becoming a mom is earth shattering. It doesn’t matter if it’s your first, third, or even sixth time bringing a new baby home, each time is scary, exciting, and tiring. Having had a baby before shouldn’t diminish the fact...

When I was pregnant, I did all of the things. I read all the books, took all the classes, and researched what to expect when expecting to the point that I expected it to be easy once the baby...

"Sorry, we can't go" has been our theme for the past year. After we welcomed our sweet baby into this world, we knew things would change, but this was not something we considered. We are the first out...

Full disclosure: I'm 36 weeks pregnant and don't have time to be writing this. Why don't I have time to write this? Because I NEED to clean my headlights. I cannot bring a baby into this home until the...

As moms, we get a lot of advice. Friends, family, other parents, complete strangers, people who haven't had kids -- everyone has advice for a first-time mom. It's like being pregnant and then having a kid is equivalent to...

The first time I saw a positive pregnancy test, I had nothing but hopes and dreams about how magical my pregnancy was going to be. I browsed maternity outfits and dreamed of getting my baby belly. The second time,...