Jamie Johnson

Two weeks with 2 kids: 8 things I’ve learned about having a second child

4. Exhaustion is real.

I refuse to feel guilty for bottle feeding my baby

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

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.

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

2020 is going to be different.

What moms *really* want for Valentine’s Day

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

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.

Everyone told me my second child would be so much harder than my first, but they were wrong

Birth order stereotypes aren't always true.

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.

Motherhood is doing hard things, so our children will have great memories

But you can do it, mama.

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.

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

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

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.