Mamahood

Baby Shower Giveaway…Sakura Bloom…

I greatly appreciate all your comments, your sharing of love and support for my First Time Blog. And in honor of you, I’m thrilled to start my Baby Shower Giveaway. And I love that it’s with Sakura Bloom…… Here’s how to win:

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Mamahood

A Magical Childhood…

There was an article a while back on The Huffington Post that I read called “I’m Done Making My Kid’s Childhood Magical.” It was an “ah ha” moment for me. And I’m so happy that someone was able to pull themself out of that rabbit hole to take notice of it. I shakily raise my hand as I am someone who is trying to make my children’s life magical.

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Mamahood

International Babywearing Week…

I stopped breastfeeding Evelyn when she was 3.5 months. So I’ve had to find other ways to get my up close and personal time in with her especially now since she is on the move. Having breastfed Mabel till over the age of two and co-sleeping with her, I really got my fair share of that precious cuddle time in. That wasn’t the route I was able to take with my second so I started to get serious about babywearing.

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Mamahood

Happy Mother’s Day…

Prior to having children of my own I thought motherhood would come pretty easy for me. Hahaha, sucker! I’ve learned and experienced some hard truths since having young kids. There’s no such thing as sleeping in anymore. There’s no such thing as having a private moment in the bathroom. I’ve been pooped, peeed and vomited on. I’ve learned and have got pretty good with negotiating and what bribing is all about too. And that’s just some basic examples.

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Mamahood

Second Guessing…

As a second time mom I’m a much more relaxed version of what I was the first time round. I wish I had told my first-time-mom “self” to ignore everyone’s unsolicited advice, with all their opinions and supposed sincere guidance of what my child should and shouldn’t be doing at certain stages of her development. All that chatter served no purpose but to make me second-guess myself at every turn and cause me undue insecurities.

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