At 35 weeks pregnant, my husband and I sat in a stuffy basement room with nine other pregnant couples listening to the prenatal instructor discuss birth interventions. Everybody cringed when she mentioned episiotomies, forceps, and fourth degree tears but, in a room...
Balance, intuition, persistence, patience, thoughtfulness, presence. These are my “working mama mantras” as I like to call them. I’m Abby, I am a mama to two sweet tiny humans, I am an IBCLC, and I work at Mothers’ Milk Bank in Arvada, CO. Choosing...
There is no one who can make you feel like they’ve swiped your intelligence faster than a 2-year-old. My mom was a stay-at-home mom until I was in 2nd grade. She had her college diploma framed in our kitchen. I totally get it now. Once upon a time, I was a...
Last week my teenager got in trouble. He got in normal, “I am fifteen and being an idiot with a few of my friends” kind of trouble. I always knew the day would come when we would have to address a situation where he’d get caught doing something we’d...
To list your business in the New Mom Survival Directory, visit this link to submit your information: https://goo.gl/forms/kUlLj3OUszk8BBsn1 The first weeks after having a baby can feel like a lifetime. The moment you hear your baby cry for the first...
Our morning routine probably looks pretty familiar to a lot of moms. The baby wakes up first. We change him, feed him and then we play until the toddler wakes up. My husband goes to work. The toddler jumps out of bed ready to play. I try to talk the toddler into...
