by Jennifer | Aug 10, 2020 | 5 Minute Blogging, Pregnancy and Childbirth
I was thinking last night. Thinking is dangerous, especially when you’re supposed to be drifting off to sleep, but sometimes you just can’t stop your brain. Anyway, I was thinking how lucky I was to get to experience “actual” labor with Tank. With Little...
by Jennifer | May 11, 2020 | 5 Minute Blogging, Parenthood
I’ve thought about this a lot since becoming a mom. I want to be more than my sons’ mother. No, it’s not dissatisfaction with my life. Quite the opposite: I want to take the deep love I feel from being my sons’ mother and share it with the...
by Jennifer | May 4, 2020 | Breastfeeding, Parenthood, Postpartum, The First Year
It feels like ripping off the world’s largest band aid in slow motion. You know you’ll be okay, you know it has to be done, but it still hurts a little. I know in my heart this is the right choice for me. Even before the mild bout of mastitis at 10 months...
by Jennifer | Apr 13, 2020 | 5 Minute Blogging, Health
I’ve been wanting to write again, but I’ve been stuck. Today I felt slightly unstuck so I Googled and found 30 Journal Prompts To Write About During Social Distancing. It seemed like a good place to start, so here we are. Day 1: What is something kind I...
by Jennifer | Feb 18, 2020 | 5 Minute Blogging, Parenthood, Toddlerhood, Working Mommy
“I’m going to take Little Dude for a breakfast date tomorrow before daycare, if he stops being an a***” I told my husband. Don’t get me wrong, I love my Little Dude. But three’s rough, man, and when he wakes up with personal storm cloud...
by Jennifer | Nov 6, 2019 | Parenthood, Toddlerhood
Our daycare lady thanked me recently for all my efforts to promote Little Dude’s literacy skills. (At 3, he can recognize more than half his letters most days, and is now working at daycare on associating the correct sound with each letter.) I was proud and happy, but...
by Jennifer | Oct 21, 2019 | 5 Minute Blogging, Parenthood, Working Mommy
When we get our next round of family photos taken, I’m asking the photographer to do something different: take a picture of me. Yes, it sounds so simple, but it hasn’t been done. And it’s been bothering me. I recently started a new job. (Side not: That seems to be a...
by Jennifer | Oct 10, 2019 | 5 Minute Blogging, Parenthood, Pregnancy and Childbirth
Dear Everyone. Yes – everyone, There are likely hundreds of articles and blog posts discussing what I’m about to say. Yet it doesn’t seem to be sinking in yet, so here’s another version to ponder. Stop – just stop – asking the next mom you see if she...
by Jennifer | Oct 8, 2019 | Breastfeeding, Postpartum, The First Year
Rule #1 of nursing and pumping: You just keep pumping. No matter how defeated you feel, and no matter how panicked you get that you’re losing your entire supply and this is the end, you just keep pumping. (Unless weaning is your goal, in which case this post is...
by Jennifer | Oct 1, 2019 | Advocacy, Parenthood, Postpartum, Pregnancy and Childbirth, The First Year
You’ve decorated the nursery and written the birth plan. Now it’s time to discuss social media rules with your family. If you think you don’t need to, think again. I was scrolling through a community Facebook group the other day when a birth announcement caught my...
