Like many first-time moms, any little thing that happened to my baby was a cause of concern and had to be addressed immediately. From the cradle cap that wouldn’t go away to the shape of his legs and everything in between gave me a dose of anxiety. One of these “concerns” was my little boy’s…
Easter Traditions from Our Family to Yours
It’s the time of the year where we’re preparing for and celebrating Easter – in our family, it’s a time where we remember the resurrection of Jesus. This year in particular our son really dug into the meaning of Easter in his pre-school, something that we failed to do last year as he was too…
Managing Breastmilk Oversupply: My Breastfeeding Journey
Today, I am so happy to share a part of my mothering journey that I don’t talk about on Intentionally Well. My breastfeeding journey with my children. I am a mom to three awesome kids, ages 9, 7, and 4. And I nursed each of them into toddlerhood. I unexpectedly became passionate about breastfeeding after my…
How I Survived My First Year of Parenting with Postpartum Depression
Navigating life with depression is hard enough. Keeping a newborn alive while struggling with postpartum depression (PPD) can feel like a nightmare. PPD can often present itself as the baby blues. But the baby blues only last for a short while. PPD, however, likes to stick around for a long time. It will often bring…
4 Things I Wish I Knew Before Giving Birth
Motherhood can be a terrifying thing as well as a beautiful thing. And moms all have different approaches – some moms are confident, some are scared, some are hesitant, some are excited, and mostly we end up a little bit of all of everything. While the initial feeling does tend to fade, we often end…
5 Easy Kid Activities for the Busy Mom
Planning out activities to do with your kids can seem so overwhelming and time consuming. But when the pressure is off to make fancy and elaborate activities, it becomes much more simple. I would search Pinterest for hours trying to find ways to keep my kids engaged and learning, but would easily become discouraged with…
5 Tips To Prepare for a C-Section Birth
The decision to have a C-Section is not always an easy route to go with. As with any surgical procedure, there are so many risks with surgeries and this one is no different. I must say upfront I was terrified to go this route with my first pregnancy. Just like any other first-time mom, I…
6 Tips to Turn Failures Into Opportunities
I see you. Things didn’t work out the way you planned. You failed once again at that thing that you are supposed to be amazing at. Begging your pardon, but I must ask. What was it? Ultimately, it doesn’t matter what it was because failure is like breathing. It happens. The real question is…. Now…
5 Strategies to Help Busy Moms Jumpstart Self-Care
I struggled with self-care for years. I put the needs of everyone before my own. As a mom and wife, self-care took a backseat to everything. My needs came last if they even came at all. When people would ask me about self-care, it was as if they were speaking a foreign language. I lost…
15 Things You Should Know as An Allergy Mom
I’ll never forget the panic I felt as I watched from a distance someone hand my two year old a peanut. We were at a 4th of July BBQ and he had wandered away from his little group of friends and over to the food table. Only a year earlier we had learned that he…