raising kidlets

The Mental Health of Motherhood

May 15, 2013

Last week I was able to attend the Listen To Your Mother show for Raleigh/Durham put on by my good friend Keanne. It was beautiful and hearing all the women’s stories was so special. They were funny, caring, sarcastic and REAL. Motherhood isn’t all newborn snuggles and bake sales. It’s gritty and puts you up [...]

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Mother’s Day For the Already Spoiled Mom

May 14, 2013

How was my Mother’s Day? It was perfection. I stayed in bed until 8am. This is the first year he has gotten into it. When the first box came from Think Geek, he and Kevin scurried upstairs to open it. He has held those secrets for weeks. Then they went to Target last week and [...]

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Kidlet Dinners: Random Tips

May 13, 2013

I realize there has been a large break on toddler dinners and infant dinners but I haven’t had enough to make a post really. A tip here and quick thought there. Nothing to make a real post…so instead I thought I would just word vomit all the random stuff I have been consolidating in my [...]

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You’re Not A Terrible Parent

May 8, 2013

inspired by this post.

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How I Survive Evenings

May 6, 2013

I have been writing for Liberating Working Moms along with some talented ladies for over a year now. I love it because we are all from different scenarios and can shine light on a variety of issues. But with that said, sometimes I feel like I have talked about it all. Money, working out, recipes, [...]

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Oliver: 9 Months

April 29, 2013

9 months! HOLY COW. I have to say, 6-9 months is my favorite baby age. I thought this with Landon and echo with Oliver. Interactive, happy, fun and CAN’T GET FAR! He is happy 98% of the time. He has the most radiant smile ever. He can make every daycare teacher light up the minute [...]

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Jack Jack and His Baby

April 24, 2013

Jack has always been indifferent to these kids. He hasn’t been aggressive with them but he also hasn’t been super protective or anything of them. He likes to put on a big show of “I’m the big dog here” but he knows where he falls. But he is letting his facade slip a little. He [...]

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Splish Splash Splosh

April 17, 2013

One of the highlights of having 2 littles has been bathtime. For the first 6 months, the boys had seperate bedtime routines. They overlapped a little but never the same. Around 6 months, Ollie started sitting up really well and bathing him the sink was a huge pain. The little plastic baby tub was clunky [...]

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Infant Dinners: Prepping Finger Foods

April 15, 2013

Oliver is officially a finger food lover. We had been dabbling to keep him happy in the seat and allow us time to eat but then he got impatient with the purees too. Add to that, daycare was STOKED  about him doing finger foods and I was told to start sending it along ASAP. We have been [...]

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The Reset Button

April 12, 2013

The past few months, I have felt like I have been on auto pilot. Not unhappy. Not stressed out. Just stuck in a rut…of all kinds. Everything just running as it should…just nothing really exciting. Get up, feed the kids, go to work, pump, feed the baby, pack up, go home, make dinner, do bedtime, [...]

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