Read the title again. Now here's a story: When my son was a newborn, we battled and went through the trenches with reflux. I'm talking reflux so bad that the kid hardly slept, couldn't eat without being in pain, and cried 90% of the time. I was gaslit by medical providers claiming that it was …
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I was a perfect mom before I had kids. What I imagined: breastfeeding and baby led weaning Reality: formula supplementation and purées with feeding therapy What I imagined: not using any meds Reality: on a PPI and use Tylenol or Motrin when nothing else is working What I imagined: hardly any screen time and no …
“Just wait.. till your marriage crumbles.” The opening statement to a tiktok I just watched warning new moms about the struggles of bringing home a new baby and the way it tests your marriage. I’m honestly so sick of the “just wait” statements that are meant to scare new moms. And seeing this video I …
April is the month of the military child. Did you know approximately two million military children have experienced a parental deployment since 2001? There are also currently 1.2 million military children of active duty members worldwide. And the repeated and extended separations and increased hazards of deployment are increased stressors in military children's lives. Two …
You haven’t made it Earth side yet, but you’ve already changed my life in more ways than you know. Knowing that God chose me to be your mother caused me to self reflect in many areas. So much so that I had to step back from my professional life to truly figure out what it …
Most girls fantasize about their wedding growing up. They fantasize about the dress, the venue, the flowers, and more importantly, the man at the end of the aisle. Usually it was a school crush, or some celebrity you had plastered all over your bedroom walls from various pages of J14 magazine you had ripped out. …
It's been 11 days since I dropped my husband off at the airport. Only 11. That reality really sucks. Because while I'm taking it one day at a time, I wish those days would start going faster. I've started doing everything I can to not be home for hours. If I'm not at work, I …
Strength. Is. Key. This has been my mantra for most of my life. And even more so now. You truly don’t know what you’re capable of until you have no choice but to fight. And I’ve fought through a lot. You won’t find redemption at the bottom of that alcohol bottle or at the end …
T-minus 3 weeks until Brad leaves. When your husband gets ready leave you for more than 2 weeks, you start to cherish odd things. Currently sitting in my bed with Willow, our Shepherd Newfoundland mix, as she cuddles against my back and I’m just scrolling on my phone. No TV or anything on. But because …
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