Expecting Another Baby: 12 Reminders for Your Postpartum Self
by Amber
I’m 30 weeks pregnant with my fourth baby. The postpartum period is right around the corner and I have to remind myself what it looks like to embrace that short...
So Your Kid Has a Weird Name
by Daci Platt
You’re not going to spell her name right, so you might as well just call her, “the baby.” Confession: We gave our daughter a weird name. It’s not, like, celebrity weird....
What I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me
by Marielle
I felt a bit blindsided by motherhood. I’m just being honest. Judge if you will. But like I said… blindsided. As soon as I found out I was expecting, people started giving me advice....
30 Ways To Encourage A New Mom
by Amber
I’ll never forget that moment when I suddenly “got it.” As I stared for hours on end at my newborn baby boy, I remember also spending a good chunk of...
I Just Don’t See It
A friend came over for a play date the other day with her son and newborn baby. The first thing she said when she walked in the door was, “Sorry...
Just Say No to Hotels
Staying in hotels with kids is no joke. Memories of hotel visits with my kids play like a movie highlight reel in my mind … nursing a newborn in the hallway...
5 Top Road Trip Mistakes (and Prevention Tips)
I moved to Minnesota about 14 years ago from Milwaukee. I cannot even count how many six-hour trips back and forth from Milwaukee I have made over the years. However,...
Hosting a Baby Shower
After either attending or hosting around 20 baby showers in my lifetime, I have seen a wide variety in the baby shower game. You can get into the details by...
6 Things This OB/GYN Wished She’d Known about Breastfeeding
August is National Breastfeeding Month. A new mom’s experience with breastfeeding is as individual as their pregnancy and birthing story. Clinic Sofia OB/GYN, Dr. Erin Stevens, shares her unique perspective...
National Breastfeeding Month 2021
Hello readers! It’s National Breastfeeding Month 2021, and lactation is my passion! If you have been around and read my posts, you know I love chatting all things birth by...
National Infertility Awareness Week
by Lauren Jerle
National Infertility Awareness Week April 18 – 24, 2021 Anyone can be challenged to have a family. No matter your race, religion, sexuality or economic status, infertility does not discriminate. National...
11 Things to Consider When Designing the Nursery
With our second child soon to arrive, I have found myself putting pieces together for the nursery and searching for items that are a little more tuned in to what...
Nursing in the Shadow of My Grandmothers
The pictures that come to mind when I am caring for my daughter Cilla during the still, unhurried moments of our day are the images of my own mother, my...
Baby Helmets 101: Everything You Need To Know
When my second was born I was pretty confident I was getting good at this parenting thing *cue laugh track*… But after one of our well-child appointments our pediatrician very...
