We cloth diaper! Mostly.
I remember when I told my husband, Justin, I wanted to cloth diaper. Let’s just say he didn’t buy into the idea at first.
A friend of mine took an afternoon to help me make sense of...
Alamo City Moms Blog is excited to partner with Britax to bring you information about the newest technologies in car seat safety, including the re-designed Britax Advocate and the brand-new Anti-Rebound Bar. A few of our team members, as well as...
My Puerto Rican mother said her parents pierced her ears before she left the hospital as a baby, but that wasn’t the case for me. And in a classic case of “he said, she said,” my mom insists that...
*FOMO previously defined by Alamo City Mom Blog post "It’s OK to Say No: Missing Out on FOMO."
Being a new mom means getting used to all sorts of things. For me one of these is FOMO—or more accurately, managing...
Every now and then then I wistfully reflect on my breastfeeding experience with my two sons, now ages seven and five. Recently, my memories of lullabies and rocking chairs came to a screeching halt when I thought about one...
I recently had one of those moments, the kind where time stops and I can suddenly see myself from the outside.
I was conscripted away from my sink of dishes to play “school” with my four-year-old. She was the teacher,...
The nuttiest thing I’ve ever done didn’t happen in my teens or under the influence of alcohol; it happened when I was at my wit’s end, trying to stay awake to feed my little one at 3:00 A.M. My...
It happened again last week: Another mom stopped breastfeeding. She had no implants, hadn't had a breast reduction, and wasn't taking any dangerous medications. She had no hormonal disorders or improperly treated thyroid ailments. She wasn't addicted to drugs....
I was at lunch with a fellow attorney (and mommy) a couple of weeks before returning to work from a four-month maternity leave when she leaned in, winked, and said conspiratorially, “I'll bet you’re excited to be done with...
Is it just me, or does it seem like as soon as you get really good at one aspect of being a new mom something changes and you have to start all over?
It took us awhile, but we finally figured out...
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Pregnancy is a time unique to any other in your life. For 40 weeks, you are creating life, sharing your body with another, and experiencing a beauty like you've never known.
While many documentaries follow specific story lines or have certain...
From the day my second child was born, this question popped up as frequently as any other: Will you have another? I couldn't help but immediately think about Kevin Bacon's hazing scene in Animal House.
Initially my reaction was, "My...
Dear Mom of a NICU Preemie,
I don’t know you, and you don’t know me. I don’t know why your baby came into this world prematurely—whether it was due to pre-term labor, preeclampsia, multiple births, placental abruption, etc.—but I’ve been...
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