Making Mom Friends is Too Hard
So, you make tiny humans too? Awesome. Be my friend.
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Category: On Motherhood
Negative Self-Talk Hurts Your Children Who Are Listening
Calling my small frame “fat” in front of my daughter could have lasting repercussions. It’s not a casual phrase I can throw out anymore.
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Hiding My Second Pregnancy Was Harder
My first pregnancy was difficult enough to hide when I was rushing to the bathroom with nausea all day long, but the second pregnancy is a whole different ball game.
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The Second Pregnancy Causes So Much Anxiety!
This second pregnancy is nothing like my first, and it’s scaring the crap out of me. I should be less nervous! I’ve been here before, right? Well, kind of.
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Battle Wounds from the Toddler Years
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Almost from the time your child is born, you’re aware of the...
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Throwback Thursday is So Real for Moms
Sometimes I can give Throwback Thursday some recognition. But as a mom, I’m just counting down the clock until bedtime, every day of the week.
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On a Bad Day of Parenting, Don’t Tell Me I’m Doing Great
I need to hear that I’m not the only mom guilty of yelling at her kids for just being kids. Don’t tell me I’m doing great, when really, I’m not. I need to hear something else when it’s been a rough day in the land of motherhood.
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Thank You, Dear Daughter, For My Corn Allergy
The things we do for our children. I can’t wait to see how the next child alters (ruins) my body.
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The Dreaded Biting Breastfeeding Toddler
The days of the biting breastfeeding toddler are numbered, and if the next child tests me in such a way, so help me.
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The Cousins Love Sharing! Right?
We are spending time with cousins for the first time. This has been an adjustment, to say the least, as the only child learns to play nice.
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Should I Have Let Them Induce My Labor?
There is no right or wrong way to give birth, and it’s great that moms have so many choices. My induction, as well as my quick-thinking doctor, saved my daughter’s life.
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9 Mom Hacks for Moms Who Teach
Getting Real with Brittany Tiedeman I recently had to return to work after having my baby....
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