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Safe Ways To Bedshare With A Newborn
I know I didn’t know this at first but there are some safe ways to bedshare with a newborn. I know I may receive some backlash on this post because there is a lot of experts who will say otherwise and that you should not bedshare with your baby. But after doing it with my first daughter and now my second daughter, I feel a little more confident in speaking on this topic. I never thought that I would be the mom who would be bedsharing with their babies, yet here I am. In fact, I was terrified of bedsharing…
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Helpful Potty Training Tips For Girls
When it comes to potty training tips for girls, I’m pretty sure I tried all of them. No one wants to talk about it, but potty training is one of the worst and harder phases of toddlerhood. When our littles ones are babies, we understand that changing diapers frequently comes along with it because they have no control over their bowels. But when you have a toddler who can communicate with you and can recognize when a bowel movement is about to occur, you would think it would be automatic for them to go to the bathroom. Like many moms,…
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How It Has Been Going From One To Two Children
I’m going to be honest with you all and say that going from one to two children has been a little chaotic. I’m sure that part of the reason it is a little chaotic is that we now have two children under the age of 3. My oldest daughter will be 3 years old next month and my second baby girl just recently turned 3 months old, so yeah, we have really young children. And both of our daughters are in different stages in life. With my oldest being a toddler, she acts very independent and wants to do everything…
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Newborn Must-Haves For My Second Baby
As my baby girl comes up on turning 3 months later this week, I feel like it’s time to share all of my newborn must-haves for my second baby. With this being my second child, I have definitely learned a lot from my first about what I actually need and found useful during the newborn phase Like many moms, when I became a mom for the first time, I might have gone a little overboard and got any and everything baby-related. And because of that, I ended up with quite a few baby things that I found useful and continued…
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Weaning My Toddler Off Of The Pacifier
Well, the time has finally come where I can discuss what it was like weaning my toddler off of the pacifier. My daughter is 2 years old and will be 3 years old in a little over a month, so we knew that it was time to get her off of the pacifier. But taking away the pacifier from a 2-year-old was a lot harder than we thought it would be. Could we have taken the pacifier a lot sooner? Probably. But it became something that my daughter really loved and found comfort in when she was really upset and…
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My Postpartum Body After Having A Second Baby
I have to admit that my body after having a second baby has not changed a lot from my body after having my first child. Now don’t get wrong, my body has changed, but the differences are what I expected to happen. When you have a baby, your body goes through a lot throughout pregnancy from stretching to accommodate a tiny human to your breasts getting larger to hold the milk that will feed your child. As much as all of us hate what our stretching bodies leave behind once we have given birth, it was necessary to get our…
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Breastfeeding Essentials For Second-Time Moms
For all of my second-time moms out there, what are your breastfeeding essentials? After all, this isn’t your first rodeo breastfeeding, so you already know what worked with the last kid, so hopefully what worked last time will work this time as well. For those who are wondering, I did breastfeed my first daughter. I breastfeed her for 18 months and I would say that we had a successful breastfeeding journey. When I became a mom for the first time, I obviously did not have any experience breastfeeding so I had to learn through experiencing it myself. Like many moms,…
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How Your Husband Can Help With A Newborn
You might be surprised to hear this but your husband may be unsure how he can help with a newborn. Especially if he is a first-time dad with a newborn. When it comes to small newborn babies, you may see some men actually freeze up and may not even hold the baby. For some men, becoming a father brings up a lot of feelings of anxiety and can cause them to doubt their abilities to be able to take care of a baby. When my husband become a father for the first time, he too, struggled with our newborn baby…
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Helping Your Toddler Adjust To A New Baby
Helping your toddler adjust to a new baby won’t be easy, but it has to be done. And the only reason I’m saying that is because I’m in the thick of it right now helping my 2-year-old adjust to the new baby. And let’s just say it has been very interesting. Going from having just one child to 2 children is not only a big adjustment for us as parents but also for our daughter. She has been used to getting all of our attention, so she is going to have to learn to share that attention with her younger…
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What To Do For A Mom Who Just Had Her Second Baby
It can be tough trying to figure out what to do for a mom who just had her second baby. Most people think about what a first-time mom needs after having a baby, but what about what a second-time mom needs? I know when I became a mom for the first time I needed help, but now that I’m a second-time mom, I really feel like I need help. Any mom, no matter how many children they have, who has given birth needs some kind of support. After all, giving birth is very hard on the body and as much…
