Now with my eldest son, I was completely confused and dumbfounded when he was a baby and had drastic mood swings. Mainly because he was such calm and quiet baby so when he'd be crying more than from being hungry I was really concerned. When things seemed out of wack like him suddenly waking more frequently at night or him protesting and screaming bloody murder for a diaper change, I'd turn to google to figure out what was going on. I ended up finding baby forum chats about other parents going through similar events. The conclusion and answer to their baby's new behaviors was that they were in a leap!
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Can I breastfeed in a blizzard?
A bus to train to bus trip that would normally take 40 minutes became an almost 2 hour trip to travel home. After waiting in a cold bus station for 20 minutes while the blizzard got more intense outside, the bus finally showed up! We were literally shaking in our boots!
Getting ready for back to school
As we all have been busy getting back to school supplies for the kids, it's important that us parents are back to school ready in order for everyone to succeed.
Once More, With Feeling
The Little Bear illuminated my life, The Warrior Princess made me fearless, and Little Church renewed my faith in "This Too Shall Pass." I was asked an interesting question last month. "Which was harder: going from one to two kids, or two to three kids?" After making the decision to continue with pregnancy number three,…
April Showers Bring May Flowers
One thing I was excited for Mother's Day were the crafts and pictures that my eldest made at school for me. His first year of school and I was gifted with a rainbow vase and pink Roses, a picture of him blowing kisses and a list of the special things he loves about me. According…
Self Help Section
Being a mom is a full-time job. There are no sick days, rare to no days off or vacation time, and you need to be wise about late nights because the next morning your kids will be up before the crack of dawn. Every day is planned out in accordance to what your kids, partner…
Quick Pic with Encore
A quick glance at my Insta-feed and I think "Damn, that's a lot of selfies." Immediately I feel extremely vain and almost embarrassed for myself to the point that I'm ready to delete a couple posts. I start to wonder what someone new checking out my feed might think or even the people who follow…
Fancy seeing you here!
The conversation ended with him suggesting we go out sometime for dinner or drinks, and me basically saying "I'll get back to you." Months went by and there a new message was in my inbox of him asking if he'd just seen me out wherever. Of course he didn't really think that but I guess he figured it was a surefire way of me responding. Thus the conversation leading him to ask what I had planned that night.
End of conversation...
Marriage is one thing but a baby?
My boyfriend could sense it. My best friend had a feeling. Both suggested multiple times that I take a test just to be sure. Moodier than ever before, I shrugged it off as my period coming soon. Since the beginning of grade 9, Mother Nature reminded me each month of my 'gift'. Yes I realized…
Good Days
Good days for me don’t just include my son not melting down over a pair of pants he wants to wear 3 days in a row or my daughter losing her shit because she can't find Rapunzel's dress that's lost in a pile of dirty clothes. Or my husband making it home in time for…