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Our Little PickleMy name is Jessica Bender, I am a 27 year old first time mom. I was born, raised, and currently reside in Victoria, BC Canada. I live with my husband Brandon and our infant… (read more) |
Everly and I belong to a playgroup that evolved from our prenatal class at Mothering Touch. All of the families were clients of midwives and because of that I think we were a pretty like minded group of gals. All Spring, Summer and Winter this group of women and their babies have been meeting up [...]
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I was reading the current issue of Island Parent online and I came across an article written by Susan Miller about Letting Go of Mommy Guilt and wow, did it ever speak to me! Page 56 is where the article can be found in the link, my thoughts and reactions to the article HERE. Can [...]
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When I was pregnant with Everly I had grand visions about how a lot of things in her life were going to look. I pictured her nursery, I pictured her wardrobe, I pictured her nestled in bed with us and I pictured myself making all of her food. I was going to make everything home and all [...]
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I wasn’t sure how well I was going to “do” motherhood after not having a mother for too much of my life. When I was 8 years old, my mom began to loose her battle with multiple addictions. She eventually left our family for the streets, binge drinking and illicit drug use. She has been [...]
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This past weekend we embarked on our first ever family vacation. Travelling was something my husband and I did a lot of before we had Everly, we kept saying that we had to get as much in as we could before we decided to settle down and have a family. Fortunately as I grew rounder [...]
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Now when I say night terrors I am not talking about the ones we all read about in child development text books or books on sleep… I am talking about the sheer terror that I feel every night when I know that bedtime is approaching. Since we have begun this process of ’sleep training’ we [...]
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