I'm sorry to say that this post doesn’t have any magic tricks or super tips that will coax your child into dreamland, but I am here to say that you WILL get through the rough patches and your baby WILL eventually nap or sleep. You are tired, drained, defeated, and sleep-deprived. I was there—for 13 solid months.
Despite all the encouraging advice from my friends with sleeping babies, Judah just did not want to nap. The ONLY thing that seemed to put him to sleep during the day was the car (or nursing), but the problem with that was I was still attached. There were no dishes I could clean from the car or clothes I could fold. I was...
Growing up, I wanted four children. Two boys, one girl, then another boy. I distinctly remember the day I changed my mind. I was in college and working as a cashier at Lowe’s. A woman with four young kids came through my line. The baby was crying. The other three were either whining or running around causing chaos. That mom didn’t have enough hands. The thoughts running through my head were, “Why can’t this woman control her kids? When I’m a mom, my kids will NOT act this way in public!”
Fast-forward a few (okay, more than a few) years to today. I’m in Target begging my fifteen month old to sit down in the front of the cart. She’s...
My husband, Bill, and I recently took a baby care class at Woman’s Hospital. The official name for the class is “After Baby Comes (ABC): Baby Care and Parent Care. I’m now about two months from my due date, and with the holidays on the horizon we elected to go ahead and take the class in October.
A word about our prior “experience” with babies: I’m a typical gal who loves to hold babies and who did her fair share of baby-sitting growing up. I also have seven younger cousins; so for the majority of my childhood, there was at least one baby hanging around. But I’ll admit that I've probably changed one diaper in the past five years and...
This post is a part of our Red Stick Moms Blog CONNECTS series for the 2013 Holiday Season. This post is all about CONNECTing with your favorite person. Read more about our CONNECT series here.
Not to be confused with Play Dates, “Day Dates” don’t actually involve kids at all. They are what we grown ups like to refer to as “QT” or quality time together. Recently, my hubs and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary, and after 6+ years with kids, our quality time together is few and far between. Why? Because at the end of the day we are just spent. After a long day of work, followed by homework, meals, bath, & bedtime, we love nothing more than...
A few days ago, I was nursing my son, Judah, while browsing online—then all of a sudden, he slowly put his hand to my cheek and moved my face towards him. I was smack dab staring into my sweet boy’s eyes, and quickly realized that I was missing out on a moment that is fleeting—a moment that I fought so hard for 17 months ago.
In my head I know I should cherish every ounce of time with Judah and Joel because I’m not guaranteed any of it. So why do I dive deep into my phone at the first moment of silence and allow a device notorious for wasting time to hijack a nursing session with my son or...
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The Best Coffee in BR is Actually in Ascension
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Like a lot of moms I'm often in need of caffeine on a regular basis and...
