It's my child's party, and I'll cry if I want to. Feeling pooped from all the party planning? Feeling like you'd rather stay in bed and sleep through the whole thing? (I know it's terrible to say that out loud. I don't really mean it.) Feeling like you need a birthday loan officer to finance... Continue Reading →
Thanks for joining my "Mommy and Me" Book Club. I hope you're enjoying my ongoing "stay in bed and read" series. See my previous post on Their Eyes Were Watching God for a book summary and “quotable quotes”. As you’re reading Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston in bed (or in your... Continue Reading →
Do you have a "Daddy Devotional" or a "Mamantra"? Sharing is caring! Blog followers, join my Insta-tribe of mindful mamas and devoted dadas. Follow these wise parents today on Instagram! Feel Good...Feel Better...Feel Wonderful (because you are)... - @startermama Thank you, @startermama and Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) from What About Bob? (1991) - a favorite... Continue Reading →
What are you longing for in your #momlife? Happiness? Peace? Love? Knowledge? Action? Blog followers, join my Insta-tribe of mindful mamas and devoted dadas. Follow these wise parents today on Instagram! Tomorrow Not Today - @missdee_85 Coffee First - @mothersdirtydishes Love First - @manchestermamachecklist 1 of 2 2 of 2 Play Don't Perform... - @bootsngrace... Continue Reading →
I'm not broken; I'm becoming. I may not have mastered the art of meditation (far from it), but I'm becoming a more mindful mama. I try to take a deep cleansing in and out breath whenever I feel tightness in my chest, AKA "the chest tar". Do you have a mom mantra or "Mamantra"? Mine... Continue Reading →
I wish you and your little dancing daffodils a happy Spring. Hope you're all "tossing [your] heads in sprightly dance." "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" By William WordsworthI wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;... Continue Reading →
Hurray. You made it to your baby's twelve month well visit appointment. Baby gets a small toy or a smiley sticker. Mama gets a clean bill of mental health and a pat on the back. During pregnancy and after delivery, many U.S. medical providers screen for postpartum depression (PPD). But after that one year mark,... Continue Reading →
Certainly not you! Postpartum depression (PPD) happens due to the enormous physical and hormonal changes going on in your body. The primary cause of PPD is... the shifting of reproductive hormones following your baby's delivery. Other secondary causes may include... sleep deprivation, inadequate nutrition, isolation, poor partner support, health issues of mom or baby, a... Continue Reading →
As parents, we're prepared for stepping in food, bodily fluids, toys, etc., but a heap of "the baby blues"?!? A pile of postpartum depression (PPD)?!? "It's all good?" No, "it's not all good." Have you met Pete the Cat yet? If not, it's only a matter of time. Pete is a groovy sneakers-wearing cat from... Continue Reading →
