Done having kids? Here’s 3 things to expect: 1- The relief you may feel. People talk often about the sadness that comes with being done having babies, but it’s as important to talk about the relief many moms may feel. While remembering the smell of a baby may have you yearning for the newborn stage, the lack of sleep, painful
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By the time my husband gets home from work, I have worked a full day at my full-time work-from-home job while also taking care of my 11-month-old and five-year-old. By 5pm every day it looks like a tornado ripped through the house and I am overstimulated to the point that I have, on occasion, stuck my face under ice cold
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One Thing I Want my Soon-to-be-Mom Friends to Know: You won’t recognize yourself at first. Your body, your emotions, your reactions, even your hair and skin might be different. Or, you might feel like you truly recognize yourself for the first time ever. You’ll feel more like yourself than ever before. But either way, here’s what I can guarantee: you
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If you’ve been on TikTok recently, you have probably heard about Lucky Girl Syndrome. The concept is this: by saying that you are always lucky, or that everything always works out for you, things will start always working out for you. In other words, you manifest the good luck in your life. Now, I’m new to the manifestation world, so
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A How-To Guide for Moms, Holiday Edition I find myself walking the tightrope this holiday season. On one side of the tightrope is stress: I am stretched thin. My wallet, and calendar, are stretched thin. We are dodging the flu, RSV, and HFM left and right. Sometimes I just want this season to be over so we can all go
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And how the formula shortage, the amoxicillin shortage, and the Pitocin shortage specifically impact US mothers. In September, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration reported that Pitocin was in shortage due to manufacturing delays at one of the two suppliers. But before we get into the implications of a Pitocin shortage, what is Pitocin? Pitocin is most known for being
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If you haven’t joined your local Buy Nothing group on Facebook yet, here’s why you NEED to. (Especially if you are a mom.) But first, what is a Buy Nothing group? Buy Nothing groups are local Facebook groups that allow members to post stuff they want to get rid of (usually labeled “GIFT” in the post), or items they would
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If mental health is so important in motherhood (and spoiler alert: it is), then therapy needs to be accessible. Really, therapy needs to be more accessible, period. But in a country where maternal care is rapidly declining, prioritizing the accessibility of therapy for mothers is essential. We tell moms they don’t have to do it on their own. We say
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And Why Your Self-Image Matters in Motherhood Almost all women have experienced some level of struggle with their self-image. In fact, 69-84% of women in the US exhibit body dissatisfaction. And it’s easy to understand why women may struggle with self-esteem when we live in a world of photo-shopped bodies and air-brushed faces. The line between a slight filter
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It started when my daughter was three. She’s always been strong-willed and had a very distinct sense of style. Quickly we realized we could give her choices in what she wore to preschool each day. At first, we’d let her choose between two different outfits. Now, she has free reign over her entire closet in the mornings before kindergarten. Does
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