Carving out legitimate alone time with your spouse/partner can be difficult when you have a baby or toddler. And while we can all admit that it's important for our relationship, all the prep and logistics can be a bit overwhelming for parents. Don't feel guilty if you're feeling this way - it is common for new parents to have a hard time leaving baby. So until you're ready to resume date nights out of the house, here is a list of fun ideas for a night in with your love! Dine

This is one of my go-to recipes for fall and winter months. It's healthy, filling, and you can use your crock pot! Is there anything better than coming home to a warm meal? Or if you stay at home, you could make this in the morning and spend the afternoon outside instead of scrambling to cook! Ingredients - 1.5 lbs chicken breasts, cut in half (or you can use pre-cooked rotisserie chicken) - 1 tbsp olive oil - 1/4 chopped onion (I like to use the pre-chopped frozen kind) - 2

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women. It doesn’t care your age, your race, your marital or parental status. Doctors do not know why breast cancer develops so it is important to know how to educate yourself on early detection. Giving yourself monthly breast exams can be key to detecting early changes in your breasts. Remember, you are an important member of your healthcare team. If you are not currently perf

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. October 15th is the day of remembrance of all babies and infants who have passed. With the upcoming remembrance and celebration of our sweet angel babies/infants, here are five things that loss families/mamas want you to know: 1. 1 in 4. That is the number of women who will experience a pregnancy loss (of any type). It is much more common than what we realize or recognize. Loss is a taboo topic, which can make it har

Let it go, release, allow your body to heal. Listen to its infinite wisdom, let it teach you, let it lead. Sometimes it may guide you to the dance floor, other times to bed. Let others help you. Tell them what you need. Strength comes in honesty. It's okay to be angry. Love the anger and every emotion that comes along like you would a child. Say to your feelings: "I love you. What do you need to teach me? Where do you need to go?" In the end, give yourself extravagant love. T

Here's a fun sweet treat to help celebrate autumn! It's like the little sibling to a big caramel apple - bite-sized and way easier to make and enjoy. Ingredients - Apples (1 large apple yields about 5-6 good, round slices) - Chocolate chips for melting - Salted caramel sauce (I used Smuckers, found in ice cream topping aisle...or you can make/melt your own) - Any extra toppings like Rice Krispies, nuts, sprinkles, coconut, etc - Candy/lollipop sticks - my local grocery didn't

We modern mamas know what it is to squeeze in one more feeding before we dart out the door and make our way to offices, yoga studios, coffee meetings, and more. We know what it’s like to get dressed and ready for the day only to have our little ones spit up on our outfit, throw food in our hair, smear applesauce across our faces. Before I had a child, I thought I would NEVER wear something with spit up on it. I couldn’t fathom a situation in which I wouldn’t care about spit u

Thank You Thank you for the closet of a room where I enter two, sometimes three times a day, like a monk observing the daily office, praying with milk pouring from my body, feeding my baby. Thank you for the breast pump, its motor humming like a choir on Sunday morning, joining its chorus as I hum a lullaby to its rhythm, singing the milk out of me. Thank you for the bottles and the cones, the plastic tubes and the paper thin membranes that some engineer somewhere created so