Shopping for this pregnancy has been a salve during a very long & stressful pregnancy… throwing myself into discovering new brands, products, must haves, and most importantly, ways to save/spend wisely. So, imagine my delight when I came into shopping with our FSA/HSA benefits!
Read MoreThis post is in partnership with Frida Mom because I love em & know you’ll love em too!
Read MoreHow do you find comfort when everything you do & every move you make is, now, inherently uncomfortable (on a good day) and sometimes just straight up painful? Let me show tell you how!
Read MoreMy life is almost nothing like it was when I had our first child, with one significant difference being our living arrangements! What may seem like a perfect upgrade for growing our family, has proven to be a bit more nuanced, so let’s get into it —
Read MoreAt the time of writing this I am 30½ weeks, however, by the time you read this I’ll officially be a mother of two *grabs a kleenex*
Read MoreBack to school is always centered around the children - understandably - however this is the first time that I am truly understanding how the transition impacts us as parents just as much as it does out mini. This transition from summer to school has been a reminder of how much we never learned as parents - how to parent - and so we've also found ourselves turning these milestones in her life as a salve for our inner child, unlearning certain norms, and establishing our own ways around parenting.
Read MoreSome women know they want to work full time & will hire a nanny or get some other kind of outside help. Some women know they want to be a stay at home mom & housewife & will homeschool until their babies are off to college. But then there are those of us who are somewhere in between — we want to work & have a thriving career, but we also want to be around for every single waking moment of our baby’s life; and we don’t want to have to choose.
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