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I used to have these dreams in college, where I would show up to class and not even realize I was entering the final exam. Or I’d realize I hadn’t been to a class the whole semester and it was the last day. When I was a waitress, I had these dreams of getting 10 plus tables and I couldn’t get to them all. All of these dreams seemed to be centered around a fear of performance or something. Maybe like…

My husband and I sat down the other night to do our “next ten years” budget. After mortgage payments, down payments, retirement payments etc, we realized that we really needed to get a handle on how we are spending our money. One of the line item that was missing from our budget was college savings. At first thought, college seems so far away for our daughter but our second thought was, “college…

When Reagan was a newborn, I realized I had my work cut out for me. Sleep was our biggest issue (you’ll hear me say that over and over). I also learned that sleep training probably wasn’t going to work for us, so I gave in to the fact that I would be working through the night wakings until she…

One of the most comical moments in our adventures in parenting is listening to my husband changing diapers. After a year, it still makes me laugh every time! For me,…

Before my daughter was born, a few people told me I HAD to purchase a sound machine. Apparently, as I was told, babies sleep better when surrounded by noise…

Sleep was one of our biggest battles early on. I searched tirelessly online, looking for something…

Since Reagan has been born, we go back in forth from crib to my bed, my bed to crib, etc, etc. We have been playing bedtime musical chairs for the past 7 months. I’ve been campaigning for her to sleep in her crib and she, of course, has been campaigning to sleep in my bed. Without going to much in the details of that, let’s just say Reagan has…

At Reagan’s 4-week check up, her pediatrician said to me, “oh, and watch for colic, it peaks at about 6 weeks”. I thought to myself, “nah, not my daughter, she’s an easy baby”. Well…..6 weeks on the dot, colic ws in full force and it got progressively worse as the weeks went on.

Her…

No, no…… it’s not due to pregnancy. Actually, since I have been feeding Reagan solid foods, I’ve actually started eating more myself! Here is how it all started. We went to lunch as a family the other weekend. I thought I would order Reagan something from the kids menu. It was so exciting; she was going to have her first “big girl” meal at a…

Of all the pregnancy books I found, the Pregnancy Bible was my favorite! In fact, towards the end of my pregnancy with Reagan it truly was my Bible! Every time I had a contraction or something that would make me think I was in labor, I would…

My daughter joined our family 6 months ago (actually 16 counting pregnancy). Every day I look at her, and appreciate what a miracle and blessing she is and what joy and happiness she has brought to our lives- I can’t imagine my life without her. Being a mom is such a rewarding experience but I never really grasped the full concept that MY life, as it was, was…

I remember how hard it was to take a shower with a newborn. Minutes after I set my daughter in her bouncy seat, she would scream hysterically. So I would frantically jump in the shower- there was no time to wait for the hot water to kick in. I’d lather up fast, most of the time skipping the hair wash- all while trying to sing every nursery rhyme I knew to try…

I turned on my favorite cable music station today. To my surprise, it was continuous Christmas music. I was in disbelief that the holidays are right upon us and how fast this year has gone by. As I indulged in a little pre-Christmas spirit, memories of “last year” came right back to me.



This time last year, my…