As a nursing mother, one of the toughest decisions I (and John) have to make is when to wean the little one. Honestly, I was creeped out by nursing before Jacob was born—and even for a while thereafter—but I love it now, and I wouldn’t change a thing.  It’s made me appreciate my body in […]

Forgive me, I seem to be on a nursing kick with my posts here.  Now that I feel like I have a handle on this part of my life, I’ve been reflecting on what it’s meant to me, good and bad.   Part of me worries that, like with all other phases of life as […]

On the days when I was feeling sleep-deprived while carrying Jacob, my view on pregnancy looked something like this: A little person is living inside of me, stealing my food, zapping my energy, and kicking me to boot.  Once it’s born—a process I don’t even want to think about—it will continue to feed off of […]