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A topic that’s near and dear to my heart because well–I’ve been there.
2021 was a year of seeeerious burnout for me. The pandemic started in 2020 when my oldest was just seven months old, and I was pregnant again by June. My pregnancy was fraught with medical issues from the beginning and by the time 2021 arrived, I was done with all the bad things that kept happening, in the world and my personal life.… Read More »
As I’m reading the Thirty Chic Days series, I realize that as a reader of mostly non-fiction/self-help books, I definitely gravitate towards books written by women who aren’t parents.
At first I wondered if it was because it was an “escape from reality” type of thing, but it’s not. I love having kids! I’d love one or two more even, if we’re fortunate enough to have them. I don’t ever regret having kids even if family life can be chaotic, stressful, or exhausting at times. We all have those days.… Read More »
Recently I read this wonderful blog post (which is quite old, pre-pandemic) on the lack of villages in modern motherhood and I deeply felt every word of it.
While it’s tempting to blame individuals in my life who haven’t shown up for me in motherhood when I needed them, it’s not the fault of any one or two people. It’s cultural attitudes towards kids, parenting, and motherhood on the whole.… Read More »
Usually, little A sleeps straight through the night from 7pm to between 6 and 7am. (I know, we’re lucky! Both my kids have slept through the night by 6/7 months.)
But last night, he woke up at 9:30pm with a very wet diaper. Then, he was upset because he was wide awake. So I brought our nightlight into the nursery and nursed him in the rocking chair until he fell asleep. Then I just rocked him as he slept for a while. … Read More »
I’m a 90s child; Eric and I are technically the very youngest millennials, born in ’94 and ’95. (Cradle robber, I am! Seven weeks older than my husband ;P) And like many millennials, I’m a child of feminists and the attitude that men and women are created perfectly equal. But during college, I began to reject that idea. And now as a late 20-something, I reject it wholeheartedly.… Read More »
