First Date
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The idea of a babysitter with my newborn FIRST child, are you out of your mind?!?! After much convincing from my husband that we needed a night out alone, we had a dear friend watch our son at 8 weeks post birth. My hubby, Geraldo, planned a great night out to a jazz club in the West Village with casual cocktails closer to home after. Read more...
Meet Me
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So if you read my birth story you will already know that it did not go as planned. I like to consider myself a laid back person and I tend to roll with the punches. I was not that girl that walked into the hospital with a written out plan for my labor BUT I did think I would be able to have a vaginal birth. Well, that DID NOT happe; but it is OK because I have a healthy, happy, handsome little boy. Read more...
Balancing Act
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Between feeding, pumping, crying and soothing, coordinating with husband/nanny/friends/family, and then everyday life, work, maintenance, planning meals, and workouts----I think to myself “DAM what did I do with all my time before”. I sometimes don’t realize how sleep deprived I am until I pay for a coffee and leave it on the counter of Starbucks and walk out OR leave my cell phone in a cab. But somehow it all gets done, everyone goes to sleep happy (or at least for a few hours since my 9 week old wakes up 2 times to feed), and what doesn’t get done just stays on the to do list Read more...