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Lip and Tongue Tie
Becoming a parent is hard enough without extra stresses with your baby’s health. You rely on the pediatrician to steer you in the right direction. It’s rough when you keep doing all you can just to be told it’s not good enough. All you keep thinking is that you are failing at the most important job you’ve ever had. My son was born via C-section, weighing in at 8 pounds 3 ounces and 21.5 inches long. He was the cutest little chunk ever. I felt defeated that I was unable to birth my son without drugs (back labor is no joke!) and then was told I couldn’t do a vaginal…
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Summer Break!
I have submitted my final assignments for my two summer classes and now it is time to relax and enjoy summer break. Summer break is a lot different with a toddler. My first few summers as a teacher I enjoyed binge watching shows, sleeping in late, soaking up the sun, and planning for the next school year. This summer I wake up with my son, binge watch Disney movies, and entertain my little crazy man. (I finally started the new season of The Handmaid’s Tale! Before my son, I would have been waiting for the new episode every week!) This week was difficult because it was my last week of…
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30 Year Crisis
I am turning 30 in June and have come to the realization that I may be having a “30 year crisis”. (Is that even a thing?) In the past year, I have started to pick up on a lot of new hobbies. (Yes, this blog is one of them BUT I have always loved to write, so writing isn’t really a new one.) Out of all my new hobbies, I haven’t really stuck to any of them. I started things while I was on maternity leave, thinking that it would be fun and maybe I could make some extra money. Well that didn’t work too well. Let me take you…
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Marriage After a Baby
Everyone always says how after they had a baby, they fell even more in love with their husband. Now either they have a husband that has been around babies their whole life OR they are the biggest liars I have ever met in my life! Now don’t take this the wrong way, but after having my son, there were more days than not that I wanted to strangle my husband. First of all, his nipples are useless!! During those LONG nights of nursing I would get so frustrated with sleeping beauty on the couch! (I made him sleep on the couch because I couldn’t fall back asleep with his loud…
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Teaching Journey
I originally was going to name this post Teaching After Becoming a Mom but as I began writing, I realized that this is more about my journey as a teacher. I graduated college May 2014 and received my first position August 2014. I literally got the job 2 days before the start of the school year! I was hired to be a fourth grade teacher. I was so excited but I would be lying if I didn’t say that I was freaking out!! I had 2 days to buy things to make my room look somewhat inviting, clean up the mess that was left in it, look through the curriculum,…
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I Could Never Repay My Village
In the two years that my son has been on this earth, I already owe my family my next born child for all they have done for us. I know they say it takes a village to raise a child and boy am I happy with the one I have. They have helped make my transition into motherhood a lot less stressful. I am so grateful for all that they have done and continue to do for my son and me. I honestly could never repay them. From my son’s first day on this Earth, I knew he was set for life. My first night in the hospital as a…
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Time Flies When You Have a Kid
Everyone always says how their kids grew up in the blind of an eye, but nothing prepares you for when it’s your baby!! For moms, pregnancy seems to be the last event that feels like time drags. You try to enjoy the 9 months but also wish it would speed up. Next thing you know, your baby is here and poof 2 years has flown by! It’s like you try to soak in every minute, but the time just seems to fly by. Before having kids, a year felt like an eternity, not anymore! Today is the perfect day to post this because my baby (he will ALWAYS be my…
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The loss of a fur baby
It has been one week since my fur baby passed away. My heart feels like a piece is missing. Dante was only 8.5 years old but he had so many health issues. I never thought it would be this hard to lose a pet but my goodness, I’ve been a wreck. Dante was born July 21, 2010 and he became part of my family on October 12, 2010. This little ball of fur was the most obnoxious puppy ever! He had it out for me, I swear! The first few months were the worst. Luckily, when I felt I couldn’t take him anymore, my mom said we were keeping him…
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Growing up with undiagnosed A.D.D
I was not diagnosed with A.D.D until the age of 22. Before this diagnosis, I was told I had depression and anxiety. One day when I was talking to my therapist, she asked me to take a short self-evaluation to see if I had A.D.H.D. While taking the test, I had so many AHA moments. It was hard for me to realize that a lot of the traits I hated about myself, were due to a chemical imbalance in my brain. My therapist said that A.D.D is like an onion and you need to peel back the layers. This is the reason I was misdiagnosed for so long. After taking…
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Becoming a Teacher
When I was younger, I would play school with my older cousin. Of course, I was ALWAYS the student. I use to ask to be the teacher all the time but she never let me. If you were to ask her, she is the reason I became a teacher but it has always been what I wanted to be when I got older. My best friend and I would always talk about how we wanted to be teachers and have classrooms right across from each other. At that time in our lives, it was so we could write on the chalk boards and make sure there was never any marks…
