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Throughout this pregnancy I did a lot more preparation toward my goal of an unmedicated birth than I did the first time around.  I read books (Ina Mays Guide to Childbirth and Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way), watched positive unmedicated birth stories on YouTube, researched as much as I could, drank the raspberry leaf tea (after 36 weeks and with permission from my doctor), practiced prenatal yoga, increased my water intake, and even watched a few free courses from the hospital and that I found online.  I would have done more in person education, but Covid limited my options. A …

Almost a year ago I shared some insights into our process of getting Annie to sleep through the night in her own room.  I stand by our sleep training process; it worked well and continues to work well.  So, I wanted to share a brief update. Click here to read the original post. Time Change Debacle Last weekend Daylight Savings Time ended, and we changed our clocks to spring forward.  The first morning, Annie slept until 9 thanks to an extra tired kiddo and the bonus hour provided by the clocks.  Sounds awesome, right?  It was, but it was the …

I know it’s controversial, but we decided we are going to travel to visit my mom and brothers for Christmas in Colorado this year.  Any other year, this would have been a no brainer – get plane tickets, pack, and go.  This year with COVID in the air we had to really think through this decision with a list of pros and cons and strategize our pandemic travel plans. Pros Annie is 14 months old, and my mom hasn’t seen her in real life since she was two weeks old.  Facetime is great and all, but it’s just not the …

Call me crazy, but we are planning to travel for the holidays this year.  It was a big decision with COVID being as rampant as it is, but it’s the decision we made.  Unless the airlines shut down, we’re going.  You can read about our thought process and the things we’re going to do to keep ourselves and others safe here. So now I’m in holiday travel prep mode.  The first time we went anywhere out of state with Annie, she was 3 months old, and she was a perfect angel.  Granted she wasn’t mobile yet and not that curious …

Like many moms the first few weeks of a baby’s life feature late nights, lots of wake up to sooth and feed the baby.  Annie was no different. Like clockwork every 2-3 hours we cuddled up on her rocker breastfeeding. Eventually, around 2 months old she was finally able to sleep through the night naturally with no sleep training.  Eight solid hours was a God send to this tired mama. A few weeks later, she came down with the flu and reverted back to waking up at least two times a night to eat. Of course, I was back to work …