Topic: New-mom-real-talk

New Mom Real Talk Edition 12

Posted on October 16, 2015

New Mom Real Talk: A look back on a year of momhood Where do I even begin? I wanted to post a reflection on my first year of being a mom, but I didn’t realize it would be so difficult to put my thoughts and emotions into words. It’s been a pretty nostalgic two weeks. The…

New Mom Real Talk Edition 11

Posted on October 2, 2015

New Mom Real Talk: 5 Tips on How to Bake with a Baby Apparently it’s been four months since my last New Mom post. There has been been an amazing amount of change from 7 1/2 months to 11 1/2 months. At that point, L had only been mobile for a few weeks and now…

New Mom Real Talk Edition 10

Posted on June 11, 2015

New Mom Real Talk: Day in the life with a 7 1/2 month old 5:30am I wake up bright and early. Sometimes I can go back to sleep for a few minutes but this morning I catch up on my phone in bed for a bit. 6:00am Now I’m hungry so it’s time to go…

New Mom Real Talk Edition 9

Posted on June 4, 2015

Real life. Some weeks are harder than others. I try really hard not to complain about L because generally, he is a pretty easy baby. I’m knocking on wood as I type this, but it’s true. We’ve been so lucky with him. But you know what? Some weeks, no matter how “perfect” your child is,…

New Mom Real Talk Edition 8

Posted on May 22, 2015

Family Vacation and Tips on Travelling with a Baby We had the BEST time in Florida last week. It was our second time flying with L (last time at 5 months, this time at 7 months) and luckily he did well again. This trip was so wonderful for a lot of reasons. We started off…

New Mom Real Talk Edition 7

Posted on April 30, 2015

New Mom Real Talk: 6-month postpartum body image, dieting, working out etc. My last post on the topic of post-baby body image, etc. was written almost three months ago, so I thought it was time to revisit the topic. Confession time. A few days ago, for the first time since my first trimester of pregnancy,…

New Mom Real Talk Edition 6

Posted on February 26, 2015

New Mom Real Talk: A Day In The Life with a Four Month Old I’ve always enjoyed reading day-in-the-life posts so I figured I’d put one together for you. It ended up being pretty long and probably will bore you, but if you are interested, read on (or just skip the text for cute pictures…

New Mom Real Talk Edition 5

Posted on February 5, 2015

New Mom Real Talk: Mom and Baby Must-Haves (through 16-weeks post-partum) Before L was born, I consulted so many online lists and asked friends what we would need for a newborn. Many of them were helpful but it took just getting through daily life with L to really know what we needed. These aren’t comprehensive…

New Mom Real Talk Edition 4

Posted on January 22, 2015

New Mom Real Talk: body image, dieting, working out and all that jazz. Per usual, I have a lot of thoughts on a subject and sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. However, I think I need to start this post by being honest and saying that prior to being pregnant, I don’t remember…

New Mom Real Talk Edition 3

Posted on January 8, 2015

New Mom Real Talk: Breastfeeding A couple of weeks ago someone asked me if I was breastfeeding L, and when I said yes, she asked, “isn’t it the best?” I practically laughed and said, “no, not really”. Truth be told, the last week and a half has been a drastic improvement over the ten weeks…

New Mom Real Talk Edition 2

Posted on December 17, 2014

New Mom Real Talk: 2 Months Postpartum While I still have so much to say on the topic of breastfeeding, I thought we should take a break and talk about some of the other aspects of momhood. As L turned 2 months old yesterday, I was thinking a lot about  where I am in getting…

New Mom Real Talk Edition 1

Posted on December 4, 2014

If I had any doubts about sharing this post on my challenges with breastfeeding, the comments, emails and messages I received after assured me otherwise. And actually, after taking in the response and chatting with a few other new moms, I’ve decided to add a “New Mom Real Talk” blog series. I have a few…