New Mom Advice — New Mom in a New Era

National Birth Defects Prevention Month | March Of Dimes

I am partnering with March of Dimes and the CDC to help raise awareness of National Birth Defects Prevention Month.
I didn’t want to let the month end without letting you guys know it's National Birth Defects Prevention Month! While you may or may not know that it took us a year to have Mila, …

My New Mom Must Haves | Surviving Motherhood Together

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As a mom of two, I feel like I finally have my list of must-haves down. This is the question I get asked th…

3 Tips for Baby’s First Bath

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Johnson’s®, however, all opinions expressed below are my own honest opinions.
Giving your baby their first bath can be a daunting task, especially for new moms! It’s a new experience for you and baby, and chances are they might hate it and scream the whole ti…

Mom to Mom: What You Need to Survive the First Year

This post is sponsored by Walmart, however, all opinions are 100% my own true opinions.

I remember being so overwhelmed with the number of products that were available for newborns & babies when I found out I was pregnant. I honestly didn’t know where to start so I kept putting it off, until one day I decided to just dive in head first. To start I made a list of basics that I thought I would need and set a budget but when I asked my mom she said that I should wait to start buying things until after the baby shower because you never know what you might get. My next move was to create a registry, which overwhelmed all over again! There are literally dozens of registry websites out there so I made it my mission to find one, like at Walmart, that had everything I needed in one place and was well known so I didn’t overwhelm everyone else.

How Important Is The First Year? Surprising Facts New Parents Don't Know

This post is sponsored by ZERO TO THREE, however, all opinions expressed below are 100% my own true opinions.

While I was pregnant with Mila all of the books I read told me that the first 3 years of Mila's life were important for her brain development but none of them told me that the first year was probably the most important. ZERO TO THREE describes this as The "Missing" First Year.

Navigating Through The Emotions Of Being a New Mom #ForBetterBeginnings

This post has been sponsored by PlaytexBaby™, however all the opinions expressed below are my 100% true and honest opinions. #PlaytexMoms #ForBetterBeginnings

It’s been a little over 2 years since I became a mom. Those days when I had my little newborn will stay with me forever; it was the most amazing experience. I can admit it was also one of the roughest times, even though you think you have prepared yourself, you read all the books, you bought all the things but nothing could prepare you for the overwhelming amount of emotions that have been so abruptly thrusted upon you. No one really warned me about it, and then I learned it isn’t until very recently that moms started to open up about it. This is how I learned how to navigate through all the new mom emotions and struggles which led me to start writing. I want to say a special thank you to PlaytexBaby™ for allowing me to write freely and openly for the #ForBetterBeginnings campaign!