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Preventing Another Hospital Stay: Why I Choose to Vaccinate

Preventing Another Hospital Stay: Why I Choose to Vaccinate

When my daughter Willa was born she inhaled meconium during labor. She had to be in the NICU for 6 days before we could bring her home. In all of our first pictures of her, she was hooked up to breathing tubes, feeding tubes, oxygen, 

How to Shop for Baby Shoes

How to Shop for Baby Shoes

  Baby Shoe Shopping Even if we want them to, babies can’t go barefoot forever. While the American Academy of Pediatrics does recommend letting them go shoeless while their feet and ankles strengthen during the first signs of walking, you’ll have to take the plunge 

Our Favorite Baby Items: Newborn Essentials

Our Favorite Baby Items: Newborn Essentials

While I was struggling through my maternity leave, one of my friends told me that when you’re a parent the days are long but the years are short. I thought I understood what she meant then, but I can truly say that now I actually 

Baby Gear: Newborn Essentials

Baby Gear: Newborn Essentials

New parents are bombarded with lists of baby gear. From internet lists to suggestions from friends to must-haves from our own parents, the amount of things you “need” seems to be never-ending. I am here to tell you that you don’t need to buy one