Discovering Makeup – Uncovering Confidence
Our First Night Ferberizing Our Baby We swore we wouldn’t do it. We scoffed at the idea, acted all high and mighty… “Oh we could NEVER let our darling child cry.” (But cry he did. Granted, Itty Bitty had a serious case of colic until he was seven months old.) But if we had any […]
Rhode Island Music Class For Babies and Young Children Music plays an integral part of my life. I’m a little obsessed. I’ve taught music as my job, performed in musical ensembles almost all of my life, received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Rhode Island, and currently perform in the Rhode Island Wind […]
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 […]
New mothers, whether nursing or not, should conduct monthly self breast exams Breasts. I hated not having breasts when I was 14. Then I hated them when they arrived – loathed having to wear two sports bras and they got in the way of EVERYTHING. I’ve never really appreciated my breasts until this year, when […]
My four month old tiny baby has a pincer-like grasp that would put cranky Maine lobsters to shame. Remember those toys we played with as kids – the Chinese finger traps? They’ve got nothing on my kid. But it was only after that my hair fell victim to his tiny vice-like hands that I learned […]
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 […]
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 […]
This post is part of the Tall Mom tiny baby’s Best Baby Friendly Places in Rhode Island Series. One of my favorite places in Rhode Island is Blackstone Boulevard in Providence. It is located on the East Side, with one end near the Lincoln School, and the other end at Lippitt Park. The Boulevard is […]
Author’s note: This is the fourth of a ten-part series recapping and examining the birth story of my Itty Bitty. Birth is a beautiful experience, but some can find the contents of the topic a bit squeemish. In light of this, please note that these posts are neither too graphic, nor are they full of […]
Each moment with my Itty Bitty is a perfectly precious one. I know I’m a little biased, but he is just so damn cute. I could honestly spend hours holding him as he sleeps, while I play with his tiny toes and tiny fingers, or sing him to sleep. However, being a new mom does […]