Cheers, mama. The year that left most people saying “What was that?!” is over. Now you get to welcome in a new year with cautiously optimistic expectations and see what turns this wild ride will take next. It is worth noting (and celebrating) the superhuman powers of mothers everywhere who navigated the changes to EVERY aspect of ordinary life last

There is something incredible about watching your baby grow and learn, knowing that not only did you create them completely from scratch, but you have continued to grow them outside the womb by giving the best food nature has to offer, breastmilk! There is so much hard work that goes into those first few months of breastfeeding and, whatever your

One day, when my first baby was just a month old, I was feeding him and talking to my mom who had come for a visit. As I gently rocked the baby and he drifted off to sleep my mom commented wistfully, “No matter how many kids you have, you never get moments quite like this again.” At the time

We were making a cake for my mother-in-law’s birthday. My 2 and 4 year old sons were on step stools taking turns arguing over measuring ingredients and the baby was strapped to my chest sleeping through our chaotic attempt at baking. We had just finished mixing the batter and pouring it into a pan, all we had to do was

I was about 5 months pregnant with my second child the summer that I got an email I had been dreading. “Hey! Can you please pick up an extra day or two each week to help cover Erica’s days once she leaves? It would just be until your maternity leave. Thanks!” At the time, I was working part-time at a