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Second Time Around- Motherhood in the Time of Covid

      A couple years back I wrote a post about some sites new mothers would find helpful on their journey into motherhood. I felt at the time I needed to write that article because as a new mother myself I was totally lost when I had my 1st child. Yes, my mother was there to give me guidance and advice. My grandmother was also there to help me, but sometimes even with all that help, it was a lot. They had their own way of doing things and coming from the old school the way I wanted to do things and the way they raised me were totally different. But don't knock age and experience. If you have that help around you take it because you will most definitely need it to keep your sanity. Yes, you might butt heads on topics and things to do for your child, but you will also learn a lot and those lessons come in handy when you decide to have another child.           I like many others have one of those new baby types. You know the covid baby. In 2020 ...

BOOKS AND WEBSITES NEW MOTHERS SHOULD CHECKOUT

  Being a new mother I can say is one of the scariest things in the world. You are now in charge of a new life. You are charged with the responsibility of making sure he/she is feed, cleaned, entertained and every need taken care of. Mind you because of the demands being placed on you by your new little bundle of joy you might feel that you have no time for yourself, and I would say that your right! For the first few months of your baby's life, your life is no longer your own. You sleep when he/she sleeps, you eat when you have time to sneak it in, and you finally take a shower when he/she takes a long nap. But it gets better and its well worth it. Eventually your little bundle starts sleeping thought   All of those demands and sleepless nights were something you thought you were prepared for, but when it finally came down to it you were totally wrong. Gone are helpful nurse's that would take your little one to the nursery when you wanted to take a nap. Gone are the extra...