We’re clearing out our basement getting ready to finish it. I’ve come across the soda can collection I started when we were stationed in Germany. I’ve carted these empty cans across the Atlantic from Jersey to Iowa and now they’re in Minnesota. They are worthless (I mean for some of Read more…
A long time ago, in very cold and blustery North Dakota, there lived a ten-year-old girl who was physically far beyond her years. She longed to have a flat chest like the other girls in her grade. She desperately wanted to have long skinny legs. Instead, she had breasts (she Read more…
There may be affiliate links in this blog post. Thank you for supporting First Time Mom! Have you experienced “mom brain?” I came across a meme while scrolling through my Newsfeed that perfectly captured how I sometimes feel as a mom of two small children, “I’ve lost my mind, I’m pretty sure Read more…
You can see it on Huffington Post right here. It’s not something that you ever want to hear from your child: “Mom, he said he was going to kill me and my friends.” My stomach dropped and the blood rushed from my head. As a kid who lived through Columbine and had Read more…
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Trying to conceive is challenging. I mean no one tells you how frustratingly difficult it is to get pregnant because all you hear as a teenager is to be careful or you’ll get pregnant! Then, you try to get pregnant, when the time is right and all of a sudden Read more…
This posts contains affiliate links. Should you choose to purchase anything from these links it will not cost you a thing, however, we will receive a small commission. Our families thank you! When I found out that I was expecting my first girl I was over the moon. Do not Read more…
I have breastfed all three of my children. My girls were exclusively breastfed. My son was primarily breastfed, however, due to jaundice and slow weight gain I supplemented with formula for the first six weeks of his life. I have so many friends who have used formula for their babies. Read more…
The summer is difficult. We wait all year for it, especially here in Minnesota, it finally arrives and it’s this mad dash to cram everything you possibly can into three months. It’s exhausting and we don’t have any kind of structure to our schedule. The kids seem to think that Read more…
The first year is over now. My baby, the littlest, has graduated from infancy and is a healthy and curious one-year-old. It was little over two weeks ago that I realized that her birthday was coming. First birthdays have always been a huge celebration for our family yet this first Read more…