Before we had kids, the most I paid attention to breast feeding was people discussing whether its appropriate to breast feed in public or not. I never knew much else. What no one tells you is that its really, REALLY hard work. My first son didn’t want to nurse. He Read more…
so credit is a tricky beast. Its a part of more parts of our lives than most people realize. Insurance companies set our premiums based on our credit, jobs may decide not to hire us if they aren’t impressed by our credit. It envelops our day-to-day and we need it Read more…
Last night, shortly after writing my last blog post I went into the hospital because I tested my blood pressure and it was pretty high. I had Preeclampsia after delivering my last son, so I knew it was a risk factor and decided to exercise extra caution because of it. Read more…
So we have a 20 month old. He’s insane and he climbs on everything and jumps on everything, and touches anything… firstly, anything that he is sure he is NOT supposed to play with. And then we have me… SUPER pregnant, third trimester, ridiculously exhausted and while I get bursts Read more…
Do you ever just look around your house and think “what the F%$# happened to my life?” I love my baby, I love my spouse, I love our unborn baby, but man OH MAN, did I ever have more control over my existence only three years ago. My life has Read more…
This is from my old, pre-babies blog, but it still has some legit savings opportunities I thought I should share here too (who can’t use savings, right?!?). As you’ll see in a post from when I found out I was pregnant with our first baby, I did pick up smoking Read more…
A one-year-old is a strange and wonderful being. So active, so loving, and while improving communication skills, they’re still not great. Its a weird place for me. I feel like he’s growing too fast, and that if I blink, I’ll miss too much, but I also look forward to the Read more…
So our little bear is nine months old! awwww shit! Its pretty crazy to think that this tiny person who once just smiled now walks along the side of furniture, crawls with toys in his hands, climbs out of ALL of his seats and says Dada, Mama, Baba, Uh-Oh, and Read more…
Before we had our baby, my drive was to find a career. Any career. I applied to major companies and a couple of startups, but literally THOUSANDS of jobs in total. I was spammed, and spammed and spammed again by “recruiters” but not many with great reputations, and the more Read more…
So, I never realized before I had our son how much I wouldn’t want to leave his side once he was born. Maybe its weird that I didn’t know, but we were, Alex and I, just so wrapped up in planning and making sure things were “taken care of” prior Read more…
Our little dude is now FIVE WHOLE MONTHS OLD! There are so many things I just never realized before he came along, too. I’ve Nannied, and learned a lot from that, but it truly isn’t until you have your own child or a child that you live with day-in-and-day-out that Read more…