I am a morning person. Consequently, I try to do WAY too much in the morning (mostly because at night I am so exhausted I don’t want to do anything.) And while I definitely can get A LOT done before I am out the door at 8:42, I have a discovered a few tips for [...]
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I’m on week three of pumping during the day while I am away from Adeline.I thought some of you, particularly other working moms, may be interested in a post about how pumping is going and what works for me. {For those of you who could care less, come back tomorrow.} I have had a harder [...]
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First, if you haven’t seen this video, take 30 seconds to watch this PSA about breastfeeding. It cracks me up and inspires me. Adeline and I two months into this breastfeeding journey. I breastfed Elias six months exclusively and then had to supplement a bit of formula, but still nursed “part time” until he was [...]
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Yesterday went great. YAY! Adeline took three bottles from Matthew with little trouble. She didn’t nap much at all, but she did sleep through the night! Elias had fun, despite Daddy being a bit preoccupied with the girl. When I got home, I gave him some extra attention (we did a painting project after dinner). [...]
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Will you say a quick prayer for our family today? Today is my first day back at work, which is going to be a big adjustment after eight weeks of maternity leave. Matthew has both kids all day for the next two weeks before school starts back up for them, so he needs lots [...]
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When Elias was a baby, I didn’t wear him much. I only had one sling and a baby bjorn and Elias just didn’t like the sling. We used the bjorn for traveling, but that was it. With Adeline, I knew I wanted to do more babywearing, so was thankful when Sugar Sweet Baby offered to [...]
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On Wednesday, June 22, we had to be to the hospital at 12:30 for a 2:30 scheduled version. The three scenarios we were prepared for: Adeline would no longer be breech and the midwives would induce labor Adeline would be breech, we would do a version and it would be successful. We would then induce [...]
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Adeline is one week old today! We are so blessed by this sweet girl. Today, I wanted to just share about the external cephalic version (aka: a version), because it played such a huge part in her birth story. I also hope my story maybe helps others faced with considering this option. We learned that [...]
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Elias met Adeline today. He was so delighted. He got her nose. And tickled her toes. He even wanted to hold her – but only for a minute, so we didn’t get a picture. He was also very happy to see Mommy and Daddy. And we were happy to see him too. Can’t wait to [...]
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I'm Jessica Turner, founder of The Mom Creative. I'm guilty of juggling too much and loving it all. Learn more about me here.
