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To follow up on last week, Charlie had a great time at Family Weekend. My favorite moments were the ones in which he smiled and belly laug...
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Well, I have settled back into work and Charlie is getting used to being separated from me during the day. After each weekend, he still cries for me on the first day that I'm in the office, but he's always happy to see me when I come home. For the next week, he's still at home with hi...
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My first day back at work was yesterday. I never thought it would be harder on Charlie than on me, but I think it was! He's home with my husband for two weeks before he starts daycare and he spent his first day without me crying and trying to nurse to no avail. When I arrived back at...
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Next Monday marks 10 weeks for Charlie and also my return to my job as a fundraiser for a local university. It seems as if everyone is asking me how I feel about my return to the office and my answer has been the same: I'm excited to get back to a job that I absolutely love but I wish I ...
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I spend a lot of time, here, talking about my own adventures in parenthood. What I've failed to mention is that I have an amazing partner in this entire e...
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My husband and I are born-and-raised East Coasters. Our families have long, rich histories in the Mid-Atlantic and New England states. Accordingly, the majority of our family members live within a reasonable drive from our home. In fact, the lion's share of our relatives live in the ...
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I spent a good part of my pregnancy looking at my non-pregnancy clothes with longing, missing the pretty patterns, modern silhouettes, and of course, my heels. I've lost all of my pregnancy weight, but still have the extra pounds that came on during the process of trying to get pregnant....
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I hope that most of you did not notice my absence last week! My husband had a planned-before-baby trip to Georgia for work. So I spent the week in the country at my family's lakefront property, with no cell phone reception, spotty internet connection and (thanks to the rain) no phone s...
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