0-3 months

How To Celebrate Your Baby’s First Thanksgiving

Ways To Celebrate Your Baby’s First Thanksgiving This is going to be Itty Bitty’s first Thanksgiving – so we want to make it extra special!  So here’s some suggestions on how to celebrate with Food, Fashion, and Fun! Food: Let’s be honest. Thanksgiving is ALL about the food – so why not include your youngest family more »

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Nuroo Nursing Scarf {review} & Giveaway

Nursing has had it’s challenges and so many rewards.  Because Itty Bitty showed up a few weeks ahead of schedule, I was never able to actually take a breastfeeding class. Luckily, the hungry little bugger army crawled/squirmed across my chest the minute after he was born, and found my right breast.  Kid should be a more »

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Baby Essentials: Places For Baby To Sleep

Where does the baby sleep? One of the top three questions I get asked as a new mom is – how does Itty Bitty sleep? My response is the following: …like a baby. Translation: Itty Bitty doesn’t sleep at all well-thank-you-very-much. He has never slept well.  Well, there was that one night when he slept for eight more »

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Baby Essentials: White Noise Machines

You’d never know, but my tiny baby loathes sleeping. He wants to party all night and all day.  That cute little yawn you see below?  Don’t be fooled. I swear – if I didn’t know I was exclusively breastfeeding, I’d be nervous the kid was pounding 5 Hour Energy Drinks like it was the water from more »

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Thumb Sucking, The Good, The Bad, and the Cute

Itty Bitty has a new best friend: His left thumb. He has been sucking his thumb for over two months now, and I’ve heard several reactions. Thumb sucking, oddly enough, has turned out to be quite the divisive subject among parents.  Some think it’s cute and useful for self soothing. Whereas others have told me more »

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MY 10 FAV APPS FOR PREGNANCY

I’m a total tech lover, so my iPhone needed to be pimped out during my pregnancy. Believe it or not, there are already over 1,000 apps geared towards pregnant women. I spent hours trying some out, and have since whittled down the list to my few favorites 🙂 1. My Days – Period & Ovulation more »

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My Battle With Breastfeeding

Today marks the last day in World Breastfeeding Week. The theme this year is about supporting mothers on their journey of breastfeeding their babies. I have decided to tell a little of my breastfeeding story, and how support from others helped me become a more confident mother. If I was born 100 years ago, I more »

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I'm A Baby Wearing Mom, And Proud Of It

For those of you who have not had the pleasure of meeting my darling colicky Itty Bitty, I’ll fill you in on a little secret… My tiny baby has some serious pipes. Like: I’m-going-to-be-the-lead-singer-of-a-rock-band sized pipes. Even the many years of being a music teacher (i.e.: listening to squeaking clarinets, booming bass drums, and pre-pubescent more »

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