We have just over one month until Ryder turns one year old. I’m going to go ahead and embrace the cliché and say that time with our baby boy is flying. Something happened almost exactly on the day Ryder turned 10 months old when I held our toothy 19-pound baby in my arms and realized…
7 Month Postpartum Update: Life with Two Kids
Life with a 7-month-old and a 3-and-a-half year old is wild! I’ve been meaning to write a blog post about my experience adjusting to life with one baby versus baby #2 because I don’t think I anticipated life to feel quite this chaotic and full. I figured that as a second-time mom, I’d have this whole motherhood…
Ryder: 7 Months Old
Sleep Training After the 4 Month Sleep Regression
I’ve had different experiences with sleep for both boys but whoa the 4 month sleep regression is REAL. Here is my journey with sleep training after the 4 month sleep regression and a little more about two completely different experiences. I had low expectations for sleep after Ryder was born. L-O-W. Chase was never a…
Ryder’s Nursery Tour
Hi friends! How are you guys doing today? This weekend has been a very wet one in Charlotte with record rainfall thanks to Hurricane Florence. We’ve been on high alert over the course of the past few days as we tracked the storm and remained hunkered down at home. (The main concern for the Charlotte…
Postpartum Q&A: Part Two
My second postpartum Q&A post is coming at you today! If you’re just catching up, you may find my previous postpartum blog posts here: The Great Big Postpartum Post Postpartum Q&A: Part One As I mentioned before, I decided to break my Q&A post up into two separate posts to address all of the questions…