My first post on breastfeeding, The Truth About Breastfeeding was quite popular so I figured I would do a follow up post. As I mentioned, I nursed Connor for about 5-6 weeks. During that time he was a really great baby. Then for about a week he … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Postnatal Nutrition
I didn't post as much as I wanted to about nutrition during pregnancy, but I will be sure to do some posts on that topic in the future. I did, however, mention my extreme hatred for vegetables that I had during my first trimester. I struggled quite a … [Read more...]
Mama’s Gonna Be an HKC
In my post last week about exercising after you have a baby I promised I would have a fun goal to share this week as long as I got the okay from my doctor at my 6 week postpartum appointment. I had my appointment on Monday and everything was good! … [Read more...]
The Truth About Breastfeeding
Just like being a mom, breastfeeding is NOT easy! However, nursing your baby has so many benefits (most importantly, the wonderful nutrition your baby receives from your milk!) I'm not sure why all of the books/resources say that breastfeeding … [Read more...]
Exercising After Having a Baby
As I mentioned before in my post about fitting in workouts with a newborn I started working out pretty soon after having a baby, but took it very slow (for me). Being consistent with working out has helped keep me positive and given me some time to … [Read more...]
Infinite Worry
I got this email from my mom a few days after we were talking about how you worry about your kid from the moment that you find out you are pregnant and the worry never stops...ever. I had to share and I'm sure all of you moms (and dads) out there … [Read more...]
Banishing the Baby Bulge: Month 1
I'm not going to lie...this post is hard to write because I am really putting myself out there. I would not normally post pictures of myself in a sports bra and shorts, but I want to be real and share my postnatal journey with all of my readers. When … [Read more...]
One Month – Really!
I lied in my last post about my son turning one month on Saturday. He was 4 weeks, but not a month yet. Silly me all caught up in being a new mom thought the 4th was on Saturday. So yesterday Connor really turned one month old. We celebrated with … [Read more...]
One Month!
Holy cow! I can't believe Connor is going to be one month old tomorrow. Sorry for the slow down in posts this past month, but I have been spending almost all of my time with my little man, enjoying being a mom and getting used to all of my new … [Read more...]
