Babies

Growing up I always had a gut feeling that if I ever got pregnant I would have twins. You see, twins run on both sides of my family.  In fact, my mom has a cousin that has TWO sets...

My youngest started Kindergarten this last year and honestly, the transition was harder for me than it was for him.  He was prepared for the structure of the school day, well-socialized, and felt ready to conquer the world…or at...

Four years ago, Preemie Awareness Day (November 17th) was just another day. While our oldest daughter, Charleigh June, was considered early-term at 36+6 and spent time in the NICU, she wasn't truly classified as a preemie. That all changed...

Before I knew it the room was quiet again, the twins had been rushed to the NICU, leaving the staff in the OR with me. As my OB sewed me up he told me that when he got the...

“Surprise, you’re having TWINS!” That is one memory seared into my brain for good. You see, we already had two daughters (ages 3 and 4) and weren’t exactly planning for baby number three. So when three turned into four…well,...

She sat down to paint her rainbow. “But I’m missing some colors,” she said. “No, you’re not.” He replied. “I really am! I am here to paint my rainbow, so I need red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.” “These are the...

I was almost 38-years-old. I’d spent most of the previous seven years either pregnant or nursing my three children, and I was tired. I was overwhelmed by the kid-to-parent ratio in my house, and my anxiety level was at...

My firstborn baby was extremely fussy and colicky. She cried around the clock for the first 5 months of her life. I have faint memories of trying to race into a restaurant with her, order my food, then quickly...

World Breastfeeding Week was not too long ago. It is a wonderful celebration of women feeding their babies in the most natural and (arguably) the healthiest way possible. However, breastfeeding might not work for all. When I had my baby,...

A few months ago, we learned that we were expecting our second child. But on the day of our first ultrasound, we learned that the baby was no longer growing and had no detectable heartbeat. Two weeks later, I...