Welcome home with your newborn. Picture this: You have finally arrived safely at home postpartum with your new little wiggly bundle, thankful to be off the terrifyingly dangerous roads that just 48 hours ago seemed like a great way to get from point A to point B. Now that you’re home safe and sound,
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Bringing a new baby into the world, whether it’s your first, or your seventh, comes with a wide range of emotions that can rush in like a Spring blizzard or waft slowly in and out like Fall flurries. Caused by hormone fluctuations and lack of sleep most of these emotions are considered to be normal,
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Just about any conversations you have with a new parent will, at some point, involve the words. “I haven’t had a shower in __ days!” Before you have children, simple things like when to shower, seem trivial and automatic. Really, other than planning to take stuff with you for after a workout at the gym,
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The problem with designer nurseries — those cute, uniquely curated, perfectly organized, dreamy works-of-art — is not that they are a waste of time. No, certainly not! We love all the cute! Yes, they are fabulous to look at and if that’s your thing, then I certainly would never tell you not to do it. I’d probably be
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That’s right, the big 5-0 and our own Broncos are in it to win it! The excitement at my house is palpable as the men get ready to celebrate by eating all the food and screaming at the t.v. I, however, will be spending tonight with a very special newborn, taking care of him so
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It’s Albuquerque Low (or snowapocalypse, or whatever the nickname obsessed weather people are calling it) time again here in Colorado Springs. Schools are closed, it’s cold outside and the snow is falling. Days like today might have you dreaming of warmer weather and beaches, but we’d like to suggest another option. Valentine’s Day is just
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We love working with multiples families, walking alongside them through their birthing year and beyond. We’d like to take a look at what it’s like for Colorado parents of twins and celebrate the many varied ways that parents handle this special family dynamic. My own husband is a twin and it’s something that always fascinated
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Then you don’t have to. It really is as simple as that. Over the last few years the push to get back to breastfeeding and increase the rates of long term breastfeeding has increased at a steady pace. We all know why it’s important, we all know the science, but there are many many reasons
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This is the last in my Breastfeeding Sabotage Series, but I would argue that it is the very most important one. Even if your overall health during pregnancy was stellar; if you had a 100% natural birth with no interventions that made breastfeeding difficult; if you had the very best IBCLC in your hospital room immediately postpartum;
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In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month this October, I wanted to take a moment and discuss those families who have suffered through the loss of their child. You likely know someone who has lost a child (or maybe you, yourself, have), and you might be wondering what you can do to honor
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