8 days ago, I was writing a letter to my postpartum self. Today, I have a 7-day old little girl. Our pink buddha. Our fraggle. I can't stop inhaling her. I can't get enough of her little squeaks, her tiny toes. She sneezes and the roof lifts and she farts like a trucker. We are [...]
Remember that time back in 2016 when I said I was calling it a day on this whole blogging deal? Yeah, well... I seem to find myself in similar circumstances as I was when I first began my blog, back in 2015. That is, pregnant. Here in Canada, mamas now have the option of taking [...]
**Disclaimer: The due dates referred to within this blog post are pregnancy due dates, not school assignment due dates. As a teacher and a hyper-organized person, I take school due dates very seriously and encourage all students and their parents to do the same! 'Due date, schmue date' should not be a phrase heard coming from the mouth [...]
My husband and I never got on the maternity photo shoot bandwagon. There is a cheese factor to (many of) them that just doesn't appeal to me. I would post some examples but I don't want to offend anyone - to each their own and lots of people like photos of large, naked, pregnant bellies. [...]
There's a Yiddish proverb that goes something like "We plan, God laughs". Woody Allen tweaked it to be "If you want to make God laugh, tell Him about your plans." I'm more interested in making my friends laugh, (although I'm sure God could use a good giggle what with all the nonsense humans are up [...]
You've probably heard that a lot of women experience the need to clean and organize when they are pregnant. This need is often referred to as 'nesting'. Some people believe that nesting is a sign that labour will start soon (they are wrong). If that were true, then I've been about to go into labour [...]
Last night was not a good night. It would be easy to blame this on my ever-growing belly and the discomfort that naturally comes with it, but my fitful sleep and subsequent move to the living room couch can only be blamed on some poor choices I made earlier in the evening, namely pizza and [...]
