Oh baby!

learn to swim

May 7, 2013

It’s a big day in the It’s A Hero household! It’s Ari’s first day of swimming lessons! That’s right, our 6 and a half month old baby is going for his first dip in the pool this afternoon. My excitement is unparalleled. Seriously. I was ‘one of those’ babies; I cannot remember a time in [...]

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the great solids debate!

April 30, 2013

Since Ari was born, plenty of women I know [many not well] have made off-color comments to me about pretty much everything: baby weight, childcare, diaper choices, clothing choices, and — most recently — my decision to exclusively breastfeed for as long as possible. Who would have thought that the one topic people get majorly [...]

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Ari Davis // Six Months

April 25, 2013

One week ago my baby boy turned 6-months old. And I officially want to stop time. Not because time is flying by — even though it is — but because this age is so much fun! Eating/Sleeping: – We went from waking up every 2 hours to waking up two to 3 times a night. [...]

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Ari Davis // Five Months

March 21, 2013

Saturday was my Babycakes’ five-month birthday! To celebrate, we napped on the couch until Daddy came home from the gym to find us passed out! Hooray, for milk-drunk, sleeping babes! Eating/Sleeping: – He’s still a pretty terrible sleeper. He wakes every 2-3 hours to eat. So all of you who have babes who sleep through [...]

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Ari Davis // Four Months

February 19, 2013

Saturday the 16th was Ari’s four month birthday. I can’t believe it’s been four months already. I swear over the last month we’ve seen the most dramatic changes in this kid. I guess we noticed these changes more developmentally than we did physically. That is, until we really compared his physical development: Eating/Sleeping: – [...]

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{ my valentine }

February 14, 2013

If you asked me what we did for Valentine’s Day last year, I honestly couldn’t tell you. I think I was still in a daze from finding out that we were expecting. This year? Well we’re still not doing anything exciting. In fact, I can pretty much guarantee I’ll be in PJs by 6PM and [...]

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Ari Davis // Three Months

January 17, 2013

Yesterday was not only Ari’s first day with the sitter [which went fabulously, by the way], but it was also his 3-month birthday! Eating/Sleeping: – He’s continuing bottle feeding with pumped milk. And the amount he’s been eating has leveled off [which is a relief since I was concerned about supply when I returned to [...]

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Ari Davis // Two Months

December 18, 2012

Be sure to check out my guest blog post on SummaFlourish.org today! Sunday my little man turned two months old! Where has this time gone?! It’s hard to believe that in just a couple of weeks my maternity leave will be over. Although our 2-month well baby checkup isn’t until Thursday, I already know our [...]

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Ari Davis // One Month … and then some.

November 29, 2012

Better late than never, right? Just humor me, cause that’s what I’m telling myself these days! The last six weeks have seriously been a blur, but a good blur. I’ve been lucky enough to spend every day of these past six weeks getting to know my little guy. And I am so in love with [...]

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Ari’s Birth Story // Part 2.

November 27, 2012

You’ll find Part One of our story here. I knew I wasn’t ready to push. I just really did have to poop. So I continued to labor and continued to have to go to the bathroom. At this point, I was in a lot of pain, but it was everything I expected and everything I [...]