Turning the page on another month of reading.
Here’s what I finished in March…
Monthly Reading Recap {MAR26}
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Monthly Reading Recap {Feb 26}
Turning the page on another month of reading.
Here’s what I finished in February…
Monthly Reading Recap {JAN26}
World Breast Pumping Day
Still Pumping Along…
If you follow me on Instagram you know that I’m supposed to be weaning. I’d planned to complete my journey and publish this as my final blog post wrapping up all the details in celebration of World Breast Pumping Day. Well… not everything goes according to plan.
As I was retrieving some data for this post, I signed into the wrong milk bank portal. When I was initially researching paid banks back in November 2024, I’d also signed up with NI-Q but they weren’t actively accepting applications. I checked in a few times over the first few months and then forgot about it. Till now. And as I logged in, a big pop up came across the screen stating: “Open for Donations!” Well, okay! Why not? So I applied. If I got in, cool. If I didn’t, I’m okay to end my pumping journey.
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Continue readingMonthly Reading Recap {December 2025}
Turning the page on another month of reading.
Here’s what I finished in December…
Monthly Reading Recap {November 2025}
Turning the page on another month of reading.
Here’s what I finished in November…
AKA, finally putting a dent in my Colleen Hoover collection
Monthly Reading Recap {October 2025}
Monthly Reading Recap {September 2025}
Turning the page on another month of reading.
Here’s what I finished in September…
Registry Must Haves: One Year Later
Now that I’ve been in the throes of motherhood for a whole year, I’ve been thinking back to what I’m glad I had on my registry, what I had to race to buy after the fact, and what I wish I would have never added to my registry in the first place. There is so much out there that you don’t even really need. Third time’s the charm on this blog post topic and I think I’ve got it right this time. If I knew then what I know now, this is exactly what my registry would have looked like from the start.
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