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Growing Your Family

Growing Your Family

by Anna Rodney | Dec 11, 2023 | baby, bringing home baby, motherhood, new baby, parenthood

I wrote this back in 2016 after I had my third baby. I wanted to share it today because I think so many can relate to this. Motherhood is a rollercoaster, filled with HIGHS and LOWS, UPS and DOWNS! Can you relate? I always feel like hearing others stories can...
The Scary Truth About a Growing Family

The Scary Truth About a Growing Family

by Anna Rodney | Sep 8, 2023 | baby, bringing home baby, childbirth, motherhood, new baby, parenthood, preparing for birth, Uncategorized

Adjusting from no children to one has many challenges including a huge learning curve, coping with relationship changes, adjusting to your new role as a parent and dealing with insecurities and unknowingness. It is hard becoming a parent for the first time. Life as...
Top 5 Things You Must Do After Having a Baby

Top 5 Things You Must Do After Having a Baby

by Anna Rodney | Aug 2, 2023 | baby, childbirth, first time mom, motherhood, new baby, parenthood, self care

Having a baby is exhausting! Pregnancy and labor are enough to make you feel exhausted, and now you have to recover and care for a new baby. Did you know newborns are supposed to eat 10-12 times a day? They can eat for 40 minutes to an hour at each feeding. So yes,...
5 Things New Moms Always Want to Know!

5 Things New Moms Always Want to Know!

by Anna Rodney | Jul 21, 2023 | baby, baby care, bringing home baby, childbirth, first time mom, labor, motherhood, new baby, parenthood, Uncategorized

I had my first daughter over thirteen years ago and like most first time moms, I had no idea what to expect. I was so confidently clueless that I had no idea what I didn’t know or what I should even be asking. I had been around families and children my entire life. I...
The Ten Hardest Things about Being a New Mom

The Ten Hardest Things about Being a New Mom

by Anna Rodney | Jul 7, 2023 | baby, baby care, breastfeeding, bringing home baby, childbirth, first time mom, labor, motherhood, new baby, parenthood

Being a new mom is such a magical experience- getting the opportunity to bond with your little bundle of joy is such a privilege and special time. Newborns are incredibly precious, and all they need is your love (and food and sleep haha!). The adjustment into...
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