newborn – 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 Postpartum advice for the first 21 days /post/2019/05/03/21-days-postpartum/ /post/2019/05/03/21-days-postpartum/#respond Sat, 04 May 2019 05:23:23 +0000 /?p=6033 Spend 7 days in bed. Spend 7 days on bed. Spend 7 days near bed. This is advice I most definitely did not follow after the births of my first two daughters, but this time around I took it to heart! I … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/05/03/21-days-postpartum/feed/ 0 The moments I cherish are changing. /post/2014/12/15/cherishing-moments1/ /post/2014/12/15/cherishing-moments1/#respond Mon, 15 Dec 2014 22:00:00 +0000 http://24db470a-ebf8-46d7-8d44-5e5d9a09622d Today I had the great joy of meeting a newborn baby of a good friend of mine. He is Nathan and he is everything perfect. I thought Clara was a great newborn (not that I’m biased or anything) but he … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/12/15/cherishing-moments1/feed/ 0 6 Tips For Visiting New Parents /post/2014/09/24/visiting-a-newborn/ /post/2014/09/24/visiting-a-newborn/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:38:00 +0000 http://9334407e-7db7-411d-8ed1-cfc013e8ac39 I will be the first to admit that I was clueless about everything baby related before actually producing a child from my loins (or something like that… I think that’s how it’s said but you get the general idea). I … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/09/24/visiting-a-newborn/feed/ 2 The best advice I can offer a new mother. /post/2014/09/02/leave-the-house/ /post/2014/09/02/leave-the-house/#respond Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:04:00 +0000 http://583ff41c-51f7-481e-b35d-cb9e947f9524 I was lucky when I was pregnant – I got very little unsolicited advice. The same cannot be said for this new mom stage. I get advice all of the time, whenever I go out. It’s always (I assume) given … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/09/02/leave-the-house/feed/ 0 Anther new role for me: Milk Machine. /post/2014/08/08/breastfeeding/ /post/2014/08/08/breastfeeding/#respond Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:25:00 +0000 http://29eade8c-c077-43aa-a194-04fa324bc431 For the entire 9 months of my pregnancy, I spent my time focusing on learning as much as I could about pregnancy and labor and delivery. I think I just wanted to feel proactive during a time in which there … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/08/08/breastfeeding/feed/ 0 I often wonder what I’ve gotten myself into. /post/2014/08/07/3-weeks/ /post/2014/08/07/3-weeks/#respond Thu, 07 Aug 2014 05:00:00 +0000 http://25d3fa62-23bf-461c-a842-85568a41f83e Motherhood is a strange thing. I feel like myself, but different somehow. In the beginning it was possible to have moments where I’d kind of forget I was a mom. Like when Clara would sleep for four hours straight and … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/08/07/3-weeks/feed/ 0 Currently (at 2.5 weeks) /post/2014/07/30/25-weeks/ /post/2014/07/30/25-weeks/#respond Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:35:00 +0000 http://e5844ae0-8602-422c-a114-a39a6624bc5d I’m finally getting to the point where my brain can handle non-baby related things. As in, I can keep my life a little more organized and I have the energy to move around our apartment and interact with people and … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/07/30/25-weeks/feed/ 0 A different kind of beauty. /post/2014/07/27/dont-try-so-hard/ /post/2014/07/27/dont-try-so-hard/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2014 23:20:00 +0000 http://a1608579-1a2e-4d0d-8528-40f7f2987160 Confession: I kind of wanted to post this picture on my blog or Instagram a few days ago (when the picture was taken), but I chickened out because even though I think it’s a beautiful picture, I don’t see it … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/07/27/dont-try-so-hard/feed/ 50 Evidently, newborns sleep a lot. /post/2014/07/22/first-week/ /post/2014/07/22/first-week/#respond Tue, 22 Jul 2014 05:30:00 +0000 http://a3098b33-405d-48ce-8530-2d7c14d926a0 Clara is over a week old. A few days ago I burst into tears because I realized she was 6 days old, which led to the realization that she’d never be less than a week old ever again and our … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/07/22/first-week/feed/ 0 Introducing… /post/2014/07/17/clara-jane/ /post/2014/07/17/clara-jane/#respond Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:00:00 +0000 http://7ac97053-5a06-4dce-9f00-123c538db814 After much anticipation, Clara Jane is finally here! (I totally knew Bumpy would be a girl!) Our first family picture, taken a few hours after our surgery! Trust me, I shall write several posts about our (stressful) labor and delivery and my … Continue reading →

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