I love finding special baby gifts for my friends and family. Some of my favorite things include anything personalized or a basket of my favorite new mama items. When I found out I was pregnant with Sloane, our rainbow baby, I wanted to find something special for her with a rainbow on it. And… we actually own quite a few of the items on this list. A friend…
Throughout your pregnancy, you’ll probably go through ebbs and flows of energy. You’ll get some extra energy and with it will come the urge to “nest”. You can take advantage of these times by prepping your home for your new baby! Of course, you’ll want to wash baby’s clothes, get the nursery ready and probably feel the need to clean your house like crazy. But what else? There…
Happy due date, baby girl! A week ago we were heading to the hospital, hoping we would be meeting the final member of our family soon. I had contractions every day throughout the last 8ish weeks of my pregnancy. Some days they were intense, they just never got close together. FINALLY, on 10/1, at exactly 39 weeks, they stayed consistently five minutes apart for an hour while we…
How far along: 36 weeks Total weight gain: 18lbs Movement: Still all of the time. It’s so fun to be able to see and feel her moving around in there. I can’t believe I’ll never feel another baby kick after this! Mood: Happy and excited! Food cravings: Root beer floats! Gender: Girl. Sleep: Not terrible! I feel like I might actually sleep the best when I’m napping with Ben during the day.…
34 weeks and baby is the size of a pineapple (approx 17.7″ and 4.63lbs). Also the size of a butternut squash or a box of Eggo Waffles. Lol! I am measuring right on, which I did with both Blaire and Ben. They were also similar sizes when they were born. Blaire was born at 49W 1D and was 7lbs 2oz and 18.5″. Ben was born at 38W 3D…
It’s funny how each season of my life I’ve felt like I couldn’t possibly be more exhausted than at that moment. Being pregnant with Blaire, I had NO idea I’d learn a new level of tired after she was born. I thought I was exhausted throughout my entire pregnancy! Then being pregnant and chasing around a two-year-old, now being pregnant with a five-year-old and a two-year-old. At this…
As a first time mom I had no idea what breastfeeding entail. I didn’t take a class. I bought a nursing tank, a nursing bra and a nursing cover. Boom. I was prepared. I was going to survive breastfeeding. I was even offended when several mom friends suggested I have a thing of formula at home just in case I needed it. Just in case? Just in case…
How far along: 28 weeks aka THE THIRD TRIMESTER Total weight gain: 7lbs Movement: All the time! If I am sitting or laying still, this baby is on the move. I usually lay in bed for an hour or so feeling her kick and move around… then she calms down and I can fall asleep. I definitely believe she’s about 2lbs and 16” long by the strength of…
my favorite target summer dresses and maternity dresses I found myself across the street from Target this morning. With an hour to kill and only one kiddo, I decided to go to Target to try on summer dresses because my current summer wardrobe is sparse. Usually Ben and Blaire are fighting over my phone in the fitting room, but this trip, Ben was content just hanging out. So…
Holy moly! We are over half way to meeting this baby and I am so excited! Ben was born at 38W3D, so that is only 16ish weeks from now. How far along: 22 weeks Total weight gain: 2lbs… I guess you don’t need to gain much right away when you’re still holding onto 10lbs from each of your previous babies… Movement: All the time! I LOVE it! Just…
With our other two kids, we’ve opted to find our their gender during the ultrasound. For Blaire, the ultrasound tech just told us. For Ben, the ultrasound tech took Blaire outside the room and gave us a blue balloon so she could be the one to tell us. So for our last baby, we thought it would be fun to do a gender reveal. I did the Sneak…
Gosh, this pregnancy is just flying by so quickly. I am already 16 weeks and haven’t written a single post about it here. So, let’s start from the top with some of the questions I’ve gotten so far, then I’ll get into my “typical” pregnancy update bullets. When did you find out you were pregnant? Monday, January 28 and I was exactly 4 weeks pregnant. And how did…
