Ages + Stages

{Photo credit: JaneCane Photography} “New Year New You.” “Bikini Body.” “Get Your Pre-Baby Body Back.” Having worked at an eating disorder facility for nearly a decade, you can imagine I have quite a few feelings about these statements and a...

Milestones.  Rolling Over.  Crawling.  Walking.  Talking.  Firsts.  The feeling of pure joy when your baby coos for the first time.  The elation of being the recipient of your baby's first smile.  The excitement "We have a walker!"  These are...

I Am Always Pushing When my oldest daughter was being born, I remember thinking, "Why didn't we just get another puppy? I'm so tired and I'm never going to sleep again." (This was after three hours of actual pushing.) She...

Moms everywhere have both heard and probably said, "Having kids will change your life!" You hear it all the time, and it really is true! Becoming a mom will change your life. From the moment that little baby is...

I had always wanted a little girl. I remember being pregnant with my first child and hoping and wishing for "it" to be a girl. My doctor didn't believe in ultrasounds so I never had one with that pregnancy. It...

The most beautiful girl I had ever laid eyes on was now my daughter, Amilia Degenesh Bailey.  You can read more about our picture perfect adoption story here.  Her nannies lovingly called her, Konjo, meaning beautiful, and were smitten...

My plan was to breastfeed; but that didn’t work out.  Instead, for nine long months my breast pump would become my best friend.  The following is my tribute to the machine that allowed me to feed my baby. Ode to...

Halloween.  One of the first words you think of when you think of Halloween is pumpkins; they just kind of go hand-in-hand right? This year, each trip I made to the store starting in late September I thought "I need...

I said goodbye to my baby boy the last week of November, as he took his oath for the United States Marine Corps. His whole childhood flashed through my mind, right there in the MEPS office. My sweet little preemie who...

Postpartum depression is real. I know postpartum depression first hand - but not in the way you might think. May 14 - We left Fay and Andy’s house at 9:30. It was a sad parting. Fay feels unable to cope...