About National Infertility Awareness Week
April 22-28, 2012 is National Infertility Awareness Week®, a nationwide campaign intended to educate the public about infertility and the concerns of the infertility community. Since 1989, RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association has led ef...
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Body After Baby
How's this for keeping it real? This is a photo of me 8 weeks after my son was born.
It looks shockingly similar to my 20 week belly photo. Only then I was excited to have a bump to highlight and show off.
Needless to say, I find this disturbing. I can't yet ...
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Dear Charlie,
I can remember folding freshly-washed baby clothes labeled 12M and tucking them away in the backs of drawers, marveling at how far away a year seemed to be. But here we are. Today, you turn 1. And oh what a beautiful year it has been.
Amazing, isn’t it, how one li...
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My little man is now over 6 weeks old and growing like a weed. Luckily he took to breastfeeding pretty easily - you can actually read about the first time I nursed Max on Bravado Designs' Breastfeeding Diaries. I definitely "nurse on demand" and will continue to do so until he's older and ...
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I had a post partially written for this week, all about what to do when someone else's toddler hits your toddler and the bully toddler's mom doesn't seem to care about it. But then I got blindsided by double tragedies and my focus was interrupted by the strange grief that comes when you ...
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Yesterday, April 10, was National Sibling Day. Not traditionally a big holiday, or even one that I would take notice of, but this year was a little different. My only sister was in town (she left this morning) to meet Max and help me out for a week. It was a big sacrifice on her part becau...
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We're enjoying a wonderful day celebrating Easter with family and friends. The kids are dressed in adorable coordinating outfits so naturally we wanted some pictures of all three. That is much easier said than done when you're dealing with a 5 year old, 3 year old and 5 week old.
Most p...
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Last week both my husband and my children's schools was on spring break. We couldn't plan anything too elaborate because we have a month old but I was desperate to get out of the house. We decided to drive to Callaway Gardens in Georgia for a little two night getaway and it was just what w...
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