Miami is not exactly a destination that screams “Let’s bring the baby!”, but that’s where we ended up spending the New Year’s holiday, first at a hotel in South Beach and then at a private high-rise residence in midtown for NYE and the fireworks. We really like to travel for NYE and see no reason […]
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Why Babymoons Are Overrated
I understand the point of Babymoons, and I gave it the good college try. It just didn’t happen to work out so well for me, and I can’t imagine I’m alone here. We were going to be in New England anyway, so I chose to book my own Babymoon experience at Topnotch Resort in Stowe, […]
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There’s Breastmilk in my Vitamix
Something to think about if you’re ever invited over for daiquiris. There has been quite a bit of breastmilk in my Vitamix as I have begun my baby food-making experiment. I have been rather unsuccessfully starting my 6-month-old baby on solid foods for the past two weeks or so, and while the results […]
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Making Life More Complicated: Breastfeeding Edition
I think I must have wanted to choose the method for feeding my child that would be the most complicated and that would require the most amount of time and stuff. Looking at my procedure objectively, at least, that is how it would appear. I even went to a breastfeeding class at the […]
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Finding Out I Was Pregnant
Finding out that I was pregnant was not what I was expecting during a weekend work conference in Chicago. Being pregnant, unbeknownst to me, all I wanted to do was order room service hot dogs (it was Chicago after all) and lay in bed all day. Instead, I was on my feet for hours networking […]
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Why I Will Not Be A Soccer Mom
Before I ever entertained the idea of having a baby, I had determined that there were certain things about myself that I would never give up if I were to become a parent. Many of these thoughts occurred as a single person observing people I was determined never to become (often stereotypical or self-described Soccer […]
