This is: Bringing your baby home

“George ate the effing BLT while I was in the other room feeding the baby. I cried. We have since made amends.”

“Mourn her, then meet the new you.”

"...when spicy food, all that walking, and acupuncture didn’t work—there was only one thing left to do! 😂"

“I’m going to marry him.”

A recent viral thread on Reddit asked parents to share what they did with their first kid that they would never do with their second.

Though the “third baby” moment was brief, it came during a larger, deeply honest conversation about early motherhood.

The door clicked shut, and suddenly, I was alone. Just me and you. It wasn't supposed to feel this quiet. Or this overwhelming.

Did we mention the facials?

In your presence, your child feels an emotional security that allows them to be vulnerable, unguarded and exposed.

"If you could do any part of today over again, what would it be?"

If we don't do anything about the guilt it can eat away at us.

Simple ways to take something off her plate—today and every day.

Recognizing our needs is the first step to reclaiming what we want.

You just keep getting bigger, doing more, needing me less.

You are the incredible gift who gave me my cherished title of ‘mother.’

I know you’re worried. I know you’re scared. But you know what I know? You’ve got this.