Coming home from the hospital with a baby the first time is kind of like a twisted joke. You want ME to take this precious BABY and CARE for it when my hormones are all over the place and my downstairs HURTS like hell? hahahahahahahahah But they’re serious. You do it though and you learn …
Newborn Must Haves As a mom of 3, I wish I had known then what I know now- You DO NOT need to spend a boatload of money and buy a million products. In fact, newborns are probably the easiest stage (in some sense) of all of them, and the least expensive! There are a …
Surprising Things No One Talks About Postpartum This post contains affiliate links. You can find my full disclosure at the bottom of the page. No one told me anything even remotely close to what I experienced postpartum. It’s just not talked about. At least, not in a truthful way. We tend to gloss everything over …
When my son was born, the first 5 days after were like a sweet dream. We got a couple good sleeps, woke up to blissful sunshine, went for walks and thought- wow, having a second baby is EASY! WHAT A JOKE. What a sick joke. The evening on day 6 was sheer hell. He started screaming …
Having a baby, whether it’s a vaginal delivery or c-section, is no joke. Whether you have a fast labor, a long labor, one that is relatively easy or sheer hell- You are gonna need to do some postpartum planning for pain relief and care- here’s a full postpartum recovery checklist! Pushing a baby out takes …
HOW TO HEAL AFTER A C-SECTION This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure at the bottom of the page. If you were googling “C-Section Recovery” or “C-Section Recovery Essentials”- You’ve come to the right place. I’ve never had any experience with C-Sections myself so I asked my lovely sister-in-law, who has had 4 of …