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The Best 3-Part Postpartum Meal Prep Guide
Like the rising of the sun, dinner comes back around again every night. It shouldn’t surprise us, yet how many times do we get asked, “What’s for dinner?” And don’t have the answer ready. As moms, we need to be prepared to nourish ourselves and our family. But how do we decide what to make
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5 Ways New Dad Can Help Support Breastfeeding Mom
Congratulations! You’re a new dad, and you and your partner have decided to breastfeed. That’s amazing—but you might be wondering how partners can support breastfeeding when you can’t physically feed the baby yourself. During the newborn phase, mom might be physically stuck in one place for 4 to 6 hours a day. It’s a full-time
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Overcoming Hyper-Independence: How to Ask for Help as a New Mom
Imagine this: You are sitting on the couch, running on two hours of interrupted sleep, holding a crying baby. The sink is overflowing with dishes, and you haven’t brushed your teeth yet. The phone buzzes… “Congratulations, mom! So happy for your new baby! Let me know if you guys need anything. I’d be happy to…
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Postpartum Fitness Guide: A Practical Way to Return to Exercise
I am not a doctor or a physical therapist. I am a runner, now a first time mom, who wants to get back to the sport that I love. I want to help you return to exercise as well. The information on the internet can be confusing and contradictory. The fuzzy guidelines can be frustrating,
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10-Minute Naptime Mobility Routine for Tight Shoulders and Backs
Holding a baby, nursing, and sitting for hours at a time (all things common in the newborn stage) can lead to a lot of soreness and back pain. A mobility routine can help you feel a lot better, and more like yourself. It’s also important that your routine is short, easy to do, and requires
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Finding God in the 3 AM Feeding: Postpartum Spiritual Exhaustion
The house is dark, the floor creaks as you pad from the baby’s crib to the couch, your eyes burn as you press “start” on the timer that tracks how long the baby eats. It’s 3:00 AM again. The first few weeks with an infant are tough. Your whole routine is thrown out of whack,
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New Mom’s Guide to Establishing a Peaceful Evening Routine
As a new mom, evenings can be rough. A lack of routine can make every night unpredictable. You can look forward to evenings or dread them. Perhaps you look forward to evening as a sign the day is over. Maybe you dread the sun going down because that means the unpredictable night has arrived. Will
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New Mom: What I Pack in My Newborn’s Diaper Bag
Everyone knows that mom has everything, and it’s always in her bag. As a new mom, I realized I wasn’t sure what exactly I needed to pack in our diaper bag when taking our newborn out of the house. As it happens, newborns don’t need much and the necessary supplies fall into two categories: eating
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Newborn Essentials: Baby Gear We Used in the First Month
Amazon and Target both have a list of nearly 400 items they say you need to include on your baby registry. They go way beyond the newborn essentials. That is way too much stuff, and if you’re like me, you’d never use all of it. When building our registry, I tried to focus on items