I have never had to give one of my babies formula before. My first two were 100% breastfed until 6 months, then continued until over a year after introducing solids. Even my NICU baby—who was in the hospital for 7 weeks—received pumped breast milk. I was up every two hours those first few weeks, using…
I have written versions of this story a couple of times already. It felt important to sit down and put it on the page—especially considering my last few blog posts were all about preparing for baby, planning my induction, and the birth trauma I carried into this. But I had a hard time writing it….
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission if you choose to purchase through them — at no extra cost to you. I only share products I genuinely use and love. Pregnancy exists in its own strange parallel timeline to real life. Somehow, it seems to go on forever,…
This one is for the mom (or dad) sitting next to an incubator right now. The ones who have been dreaming of the day they have their baby in their arms, and are instead facing the unknown in a room where you have to ask permission even to touch your baby. I see you. Being…
