Books for Moms of a Newborn Whether you’re in your third trimester of pregnancy and want to prepare yourself for the months that lie ahead, or you’re a mom to a newborn wondering what to do with your baby now, these books are for you! Some of these I read as a nesting momma and …
Preparing for Your Newborn as a Nesting Momma
Preparing for Our Third Newborn at Home When we first brought newborn Little Fox home from the hospital, we had literally just moved. It was the first night sleeping in that house for all of us. (Actually, we took her home to Baba’s house for the first week so that all our stuff could get …
The Ultimate Diaper Bag + Checklist
The Ultimate Diaper Bag At 34 weeks pregnant, the side pocket of our current diaper bag gave out. We’d been talking about getting a better-quality diaper bag for a while, since with Little Fox we’d already been through three. To be fair, the first bag didn’t break, it just wasn’t convenient for me to lug …
Hospital Bag Packing 101
Hospital Bag – Ready for Delivery! I vividly remember the trip to the hospital to deliver Little Fox. We weren’t sure if I was having real labour contractions or Braxton Hicks. But the pain and frequency was so great for me that I needed the hospital to do SOMETHING! In fact, we even went in …
DIY Toddler Activities – What I’m Doing to Prepare for having a Toddler and a Newborn
The Independent Toddler In two months, I’ll have two children under two in the house! This is going to come with some challenges. I’m especially worried about times that Little Fox is going to want my attention while I’m nursing the new baby. Already, I know I’m lucky to have an independent first child. Little …
Byzantine Baby Names
Byzantine Baby Names Picking baby names is one of the awesomest honours bestowed upon new parents. It’s a lot of fun to pour over names, and a great responsibility to pick one. Since we just recently got to decide on a name for our second child, I thought I’d do a blog post on Byzantine …
Pregnancy Tips: What I Learned the First Time and How I’m Making the Most of this One
I found out I really was pregnant on the day of my last final in the first semester of my final year in University. We really weren’t sure I was pregnant before that because hey – a lot of stress can cause a missed period and finals and papers are stressful! Pregnancy during university meant …
Pregnant Again – and How I Got Through the First Trimester!
Hello readers! Unless you somehow got to this page without reading the title, then you know we are pregnant with baby number two! Our first children will be 21 months apart which is almost exactly what we wanted. (We were aiming for 18 months). And now that we’ve told family we can share the good …