advice – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 Pre-Baby Bucket List (for those final weeks) /post/2016/03/22/pre-baby-bucket-list/ /post/2016/03/22/pre-baby-bucket-list/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:00:43 +0000 /?p=6505 I know there are a lot of ‘what you need to do before you can welcome a baby into the world’ type of lists out there, and for the record – I don’t agree with most of them. For instance, … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/03/22/pre-baby-bucket-list/feed/ 12 Things I Want To Tell My Pregnant Friends /post/2016/03/08/things-i-want-to-tell-my-pregnant-friends/ /post/2016/03/08/things-i-want-to-tell-my-pregnant-friends/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:53:45 +0000 /?p=6461 A few of my mom friends were chatting about pregnant women the other day (everyone I know is pregnant. Everyone.) and we were talking about how when we see first-time pregnant women we all kind of smile and nod and say … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/03/08/things-i-want-to-tell-my-pregnant-friends/feed/ 20 Advice from the first year of motherhood. /post/2015/07/28/first-year-of-motherhood/ /post/2015/07/28/first-year-of-motherhood/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:31:59 +0000 /?p=5853 If there’s one thing I love about blogging, it’s giving unsolicited advice. Well, that and ‘meeting’ other  moms who are in the same stage of life I am! Today I’m combining these two loves! Julie from Everyday Happiness is here with … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/07/28/first-year-of-motherhood/feed/ 4 The one thing you must do during the final weeks of pregnancy. /post/2015/04/09/final-weeks-of-pregnancy/ /post/2015/04/09/final-weeks-of-pregnancy/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2015 06:05:00 +0000 http://3fdc39eb-d9f4-4720-8fda-8ff07228ec3e I’ll preface this post by saying that as soon as I read a title that says I need to do something, I become immediately turned off to the entire post. Maybe it’s the rebellious lady in me or something, but I … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/04/09/final-weeks-of-pregnancy/feed/ 13 The importance of leaving the house. /post/2015/01/22/leaving-the-house/ /post/2015/01/22/leaving-the-house/#respond Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:00:00 +0000 http://14c9471c-1841-4f8d-b88f-bd21e3264f7d Do you know what I took for granted before I became a stay at home mom? Leaving the house (by myself!) with ease. Nowadays I can’t exactly just walk out the door, unless I have Clara with me and she … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/01/22/leaving-the-house/feed/ 0 Taking 5 extra minutes. /post/2014/11/11/online-shopping/ /post/2014/11/11/online-shopping/#respond Tue, 11 Nov 2014 05:50:00 +0000 http://1f2f6f01-d08b-440f-aa27-7e3a7905b245 You may know this about me already, but I really dislike stuff.  I’m not a huge shopper (although I do love Amazon Prime), I don’t get excited about ‘great deals’, I hate dusting around things on shelves and vacuuming around … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/11/11/online-shopping/feed/ 0 Challenges/tips on traveling in the third trimester. /post/2014/05/08/traveling-in-the-third-tri/ /post/2014/05/08/traveling-in-the-third-tri/#comments Thu, 08 May 2014 08:55:00 +0000 http://b1f0deee-9d98-4545-bd06-f33a1b8002f1 When we went on our babymoon to Europe last month, I was between my 28th and 30th weeks of pregnancy. Of course, a lot of people had (negative) opinions about me traveling in my third trimester (especially out of the … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/05/08/traveling-in-the-third-tri/feed/ 10 A little unsolicited (newlywed) advice. /post/2013/09/05/one-income/ /post/2013/09/05/one-income/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2013 05:10:00 +0000 http://1d6fd500-448b-4b40-9b57-9cf803ad43a1 Oh hey, Blogtember, I think I’ll join you for a bit – if you don’t mind! The writing prompt for today is: Pass on some useful advice or information you learned and always remembered.  One piece of advice that a … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2013/09/05/one-income/feed/ 0 Don’t be a floozy and other rules of online dating. /post/2013/09/04/online-dating/ /post/2013/09/04/online-dating/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2013 06:10:00 +0000 http://fe8f02c2-6f9c-4ab1-af23-f4de933dfac3 Fun fact: The Husband and I met exactly three years ago this week. Well, we ‘met’ sometime in August (online!) but we had our first date over Labor Day weekend of 2010. If you had told me then that I’d … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2013/09/04/online-dating/feed/ 0 ‘Oh, I see your abdomen is larger than usual, you must be pregnant!’ /post/2013/08/29/not-pregnant/ /post/2013/08/29/not-pregnant/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2013 05:25:00 +0000 http://0b8214d9-5b4b-45d4-9bee-d14e1a25fa68 Now that I’m in my mid late twenties, more and more friends of mine seem to be having awkward encounters involving NOT being pregnant. As in, acquaintances or strangers coming up to them and asking when they’re due, if they’re … Continue reading →

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