I finally thought I would participate in #TransformationTuesday. For those of you unfamiliar, every day of the week has been given a hashtag on social media so people have an excuse to post pictures of themselves. In this instance, the objective is to post two comparative photos which show a body ...
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Yay or Nay? The Coffee Nap
There's been an article circulating the internet lately which purports that drinking coffee before a nap will actually make you feel MORE rested. Sounds counter-intuitive, but in the sleep-deprived haze of the newborn days, I was willing to try anything.
The so-called "coffee nap" goes like this: ...
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Stuff I Love: Photo Art
My house is covered in photographs — for a busy mom it was the easiest way to decorate. When I visit (childless) friends and family, I swoon over their fancy decor, glassware, etc., but with two young children having anything breakable or valuable within their reach is a recipe for disaster.
My ...
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Why Your Birth Plan Doesn’t Matter
A former work colleague of mine had her baby yesterday — there were plenty of pictures posted on Facebook and somehow she managed to look amazing in all of them. (I had a no photo rule for two weeks...more on that later). There was one in particular that seemed to be her holding her new daughter ...
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Why I Gave up on Being the “Cool Mom”
I didn't always plan on becoming a mom. My original plan was to be independent, travel, always be stylish with amazing clothes.
Well, I sort of accomplished that. But somewhere along the way I became open to the possibility of kids.
The catch was that I would be a "cool" mom — I would still ...
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Stuff I Love: Zipadee-zip
I LOVE this!! (Just so you know, I really do love it...this is an unpaid and unbiased review). We discovered swaddling when AB was maybe a week or two old. Out of desperation I tried a swaddle wrap we had received at the baby shower — I thought it looked like a torture device, but it was a miracle ...
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