Posts by Jamie Johnson, Author at Motherly
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Jamie Johnson

Jamie Johnson is a mom and writer from Owensboro, KY. Follow her blog HashtagMomFail.

I refuse to feel guilty for bottle feeding my baby

Bottle feeding my baby allowed me to take care of my mental health.

Updated Mar. 14, 2022
working mom covering her face in her hands at the office

What I wish my co-workers knew about being a working mom

I know I am supposed to leave my personal life at the door when I come to the office, but when you are a mom to two small kids, that is hard to do.

Updated Sep. 30, 2022

This year I will focus more on self-care and less on feeling guilty

2020 is going to be different.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

What moms *really* want for Valentine’s Day

We want to know that our people love us as hard as we love them

Updated Feb. 02, 2022
woman working at a desk

As a working mom, one day I asked myself: Is this really what I want to be doing?

For me, work gives me something of my own. Something to separate me from being Henry and Simon's mom and Logan's wife.

Updated Jan. 31, 2022

True life: My son needed *a lot* of time to adjust to his new baby brother

And then one day, he told me that he missed Baby Simon—and he has been in love ever since.

Updated Apr. 17, 2018

I can’t ‘have it all’ in this season of motherhood—and that’s okay

I’ve learned to shift my priorities and follow my heart.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

To my fellow daycare parents, thank you for not judging me

I am so grateful that you’re the parents who daycare alongside me.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

I work hard to give my kids what they want—but worry that I’ll spoil them

There are things we couldn’t afford when I was a kid that I enjoy having now.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021
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