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26 Jun 2018 Baby 10 comments

Feeling Safe at Home with a New Baby

We rent a row home in Chicago with a front door accessible by a mere seven steps. No doorman. No buzzer. A lot of people have homes in the city (including all of the homes around us!), so this was not at all a concern to me when we decided to rent the place. However, last fall, around dinner time,…

20 Jun 2018 Baby 1 comment

Henry’s Nursery Design Plan

I will officially be sharing Henry’s nursery on The Everymom next month, and I cannot wait! 🙂 But I wanted to share the design plan I created which helped me pull it all together! SHOP HENRY’S NURSERY: oversized sailboat art (the other option I considered for above the crib was two of my favorite oversized mat wooden frames) light fixture sailboat…

Shop the Nursery

17 Jun 2018 Baby 11 comments

One Month with Henry

Henry will be 6 weeks old in two days… which is bananas. In many ways I feel like we brought him home yesterday, and in so many I feel like we’re lightyears ahead of that first week back from the hospital in terms of our comfort and familiarity with our boy and confidence as parents. He’s been a cute little…

15 Jun 2018 Baby 30 comments

Henry’s Birth Story

I am about to share the most personal, most amazing moment of my life. The birth of my son, Henry. To be honest, I had never read a birth story before writing this. But after talking to some friends and hearing from so many of you, I get it now… First, I wanted to write it all down so we…