Category: maternity
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Five Items Moms in 2023 are lucky to have!
I had my first baby back in 2012. Like any first baby it was a world changing experience but being quite young I don’t think I was as prepared as I would have liked. I went on to have four more babies including a lovely set of twins so over the years I have had…
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Magic Number 2
Last night I went to bed with butterflies in my stomach. This was the last night Peyton had as a one year old and I was remembering that wonderful night two years ago when I finally got to meet her. Today will be a quiet simple day at home, we have a little chocolate cake,…
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Roe vs Wade
My heart is broken. But this is not an article that is going to go into the depths of how wrong what is happening in the US is. I feel too raw right now to express this. This article is going to share my personal insight in why the right to abortion is important to…
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The Secret to Motherhood…
I am a mom to five wonderful children. I often hear “I don’t know how you do it!” or “You are such a laid back mom” which often send me feeling like a fraud because I rarely feel like “I am doing it” or like a “laid back mom”. The truth is motherhood has not…
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Just hold your baby.
Have you ever felt mom guilt? It is this unease that you are not doing enough for your kids, and if you let it eat at you you can find yourself cutting corners on your personal time and self care and pretty much exhausted. About a week and a half ago I found myself in…
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Mommy, what if the baby kicks so hard your tummy bursts?
This baby is an active baby. I have been pregnant to this stage three times before and even with twins I don’t recall this level of activity. There are bumps and angles on the bump. You know the smooth round belly so many people associate with pregnancy? This baby is making a laugh of the…
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Fourth Pregnancy and yet it feels like a first.
I am very grateful for the four living children I have. My heart feels full every morning when I hear their sweet voices waking up, I love and cherish every single hug and kiss, I breathe in the scent of their skin at the back of their little necks, I do not think I could…
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How I fell into Cloth diapering.
I remember the first time I attempted cloth diapering. Huggies had just pulled off the market in the UK and they were our main choice for our eldest child. I was a first time mom and like many of my other choices they were dictated by mainstream information and pulls and tugs from other moms…
The Little Mermaid Now 