“It’ll be over by 12 weeks, you’ll be fine.” “Just eat some crackers and ginger ale.” “Just eat small meals and eat more often.” These are just some of the small tokens of advice women are often given in the early days of pregnancy, when the symptoms of...
The first step is admitting you have a problem, right? Well, my obsession with baby sleep is beyond the farthest reaches of help. I admit it. Some of you may fixate on feeding your kids. Some of you may get all kinds of hung up on car seat safety. A...
Oh hey. You thought I was gone for good didn’t you? Well, I’ve crammed a lot of life into the last few months which left very little time for blogging. But more on that later. Without further ado (sorry), I’d like to share part two of my birth story! While...
As the mother of an exclusively breastfed 5 month old, we are most definitely celebrating World Breastfeeding Week over here at Forever June. In case you didn’t know, WBW (and breastfeeding advocates everywhere) promotes exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child’s life, which boasts a plethora...
As any mother would whole-heartedly agree, the birth of your first child is life changing to say the least. In that dizzying, what-just-happened, be still my beating heart kind of way. You spend all those weeks and months building up what you hope will be a climactic ending to your pregnancy journey....
Can we just agree that it’s too soon? I have no idea if heading back to work 3 more months from now would be any easier emotionally, but right now? My body has hardly figured out this whole postpartum thing, let alone being away from my baby for an...
What better way to get to know each other than to lay it all out on the table, right? Your freedom to pass judgement, scoff, or hate me starts now. As for the rest of you? Read on. You devilishly good looking, unapologetic, bad asses. You’re in good company....
So it seems we’re all weighing in on the concept of “MEternity leave” lately. Thank you to the powers that be for blessing us with this kind of nonsense to comment on daily. ‘MERICA! Can I just.. pipe in real quick before I jest with you here? Maternity leave, while...
My Sweet Daughter, I feel the warmth of your little arm draped softly over my chest while your tiny hand is settled serenely over my heart. I watch as the light bounces off your tiny fingertips and rests gently on the apple of your cherub cheek that I drench with...