So in his 3 months of life so far, Eddie has compiled a list of must haves. He says that he simply couldn’t live without the following: Nap Nanny coupled with Muslin blanket 1. Nap Nanny: This is the ultimate comfy, cozy chair for all babies and then it transitions into the ultimate toddler chair. […]

Its so ironic that when you are pregnant, doctors make sure that you are gaining a consistent amount of weight. Not too much and not too little. For me, the second we said we were trying to have a baby my body said, sweet, lets pack on 10 pounds for absolutely no reason. For my […]

They, whoever they are, say “you’ll know” when you get into labor. Ha! Well that certainly wasn’t true for me first time around. So at the end of this saga…we were still Crownholm Party of 2…

ok…so I have never spent a lot of time around infants, thus the past few months have been a HUGE learning curve. Some baby must haves that I have learned a new mom needs include: Mylicon: A great gas cureColic Calm: A more organic way to get your baby to pass gas *Never have I […]

So a year ago, if someone had told me they were using a midwife instead of a OB/GYN I would have thought they were some sort of strange, crunchy hippy person. After watching the “Business of Being Born” with Ricki Lake, my perception of midwives and doulas changed. The documentary talks about the way birthing […]