Blogs Archives - Fit Bottomed Girls https://fitbottomedgirls.com/category/mamas/mamas-blogs/ Health + fitness that's feminist AF Tue, 06 Oct 2020 14:39:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 122404920 Confessions of a Twin Mom https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2020/07/confessions-of-a-twin-mom/ https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2020/07/confessions-of-a-twin-mom/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2020 11:00:36 +0000 https://fitbottomedgirls.com/?p=314267 As of today, my twin girls are one. One! And, it blows my mind for a number of reasons. First, this year has gone by so quickly in so many ways … and then in so many other ways I don’t feel like any of us have missed a moment with them because, well, we’ve all been home together since March. Which leads me to the second reason: When I compare the world on the day of which they arrived (which was a time, let me tell ya) to today? Man, oh, man. A LOT has changed. (And, a lot…

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]]> https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2020/07/confessions-of-a-twin-mom/feed/ 10 314267 That Time I Gave Birth to Twins and Nothing Went According to Plan https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2019/08/that-time-i-gave-birth-to-twins-and-nothing-went-according-to-plan/ https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2019/08/that-time-i-gave-birth-to-twins-and-nothing-went-according-to-plan/#comments Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:00:37 +0000 https://fitbottomedgirls.com/?p=311523 Trigger warning: While the title of this post may be lighthearted — and it does end with two happy and healthy babies — this story contains a fair amount of discussion about birth trauma and my experience with it. It’s taken me weeks to sit down to write this post. Sure, some of that is because of sleep deprivation. And massive life changes. And cluster feeding. And everything else that comes with bringing home not just one, but two newborns. But, if I’m honest with myself, that’s not why I’ve put off writing my birth story. It’s because I’ve been…

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]]> https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2019/08/that-time-i-gave-birth-to-twins-and-nothing-went-according-to-plan/feed/ 9 311523 What It’s Like to Find Out You’re Having Twins https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2019/01/what-its-like-to-find-out-youre-having-twins/ https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2019/01/what-its-like-to-find-out-youre-having-twins/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:00:46 +0000 https://fitbottomedgirls.com/?p=309179 It’s just not something you ever expect. Not after a total six years of infertility. Not two years after a failed IUI — when you didn’t even actually get to do the IUI because your body didn’t even respond enough to attempt it. And definitely not after you’re staring down your 38th birthday like a big ol’ blinking fertility warning light on your life’s dashboard. It’s just not something you ever expect. One More Try I’d never actually thought it possible to have three kids. Honestly, I thought two kids might be pushing it. After all, we felt beyond blessed to…

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]]> https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2019/01/what-its-like-to-find-out-youre-having-twins/feed/ 11 309179 How to (Really) Help a New Mom https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/10/how-to-really-help-a-new-mom/ https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/10/how-to-really-help-a-new-mom/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:01:55 +0000 https://fitbottomedgirls.com/?p=308136 When a new baby joins the world, friends and family come out of the woodwork to visit. Sometimes, it’s great for the new mom to have another pair of hands around the house. But sometimes … well, we’ve all heard of the mamas hosting not-so-helpful visitors, right> Let me give you a quick idea of what I’m talking about. New mom and baby come home from the hospital, and family (or friends) come to visit and meet baby. Some of these visitors are from out of town, so they stay over for a couple of days … or more. This…

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]]> https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/10/how-to-really-help-a-new-mom/feed/ 3 308136 How Parenting Is Like Training a Dog https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/10/how-parenting-is-like-training-a-dog/ https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/10/how-parenting-is-like-training-a-dog/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2018 11:01:44 +0000 https://fitbottomedgirls.com/?p=200433 Parenting, in some ways, can be compared to training a dog. via GIPHY (Before you judge me for comparing raising children to training an animal, know that the comparison comes from a good place in my heart. I love my children and I love animals, particularly dogs.) I used to be a dog trainer. Although it has been almost a decade since I’ve professionally trained a dog, I am grateful for the experience, because it’s sure come in handy with my children. Now that I’m responsible for two wild little humans, I’m noticing how training a dog could be as…

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]]> https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/10/how-parenting-is-like-training-a-dog/feed/ 5 200433 What Antibiotics Do and Don’t Treat (And Why It’s Really Important To Use Them Correctly) https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/07/what-antibiotics-do-and-dont-treat-and-why-its-really-important-to-use-them-correctly/ https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/07/what-antibiotics-do-and-dont-treat-and-why-its-really-important-to-use-them-correctly/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:00:20 +0000 https://fitbottomedgirls.com/?p=200434 This is a post prepared under a contract funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and written on behalf of the Mom It Forward Influencer Network for use in CDC’s Be Antibiotics Aware educational effort. Opinions on this blog are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of CDC. For our sponsored post policy, click here. Do you ever look back on different times in your life and immediately want to facepalm? Here’s one of those times for me: I remember back in college that whenever I had an annoying cold or bug of some kind, I’d immediately…

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]]> https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/07/what-antibiotics-do-and-dont-treat-and-why-its-really-important-to-use-them-correctly/feed/ 2 200434 My Everchanging Grief https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/06/my-everchanging-grief/ https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/06/my-everchanging-grief/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:00:52 +0000 https://fitbottomedgirls.com/?p=307773 As I live with my grief day to day, month to month, year to year, I realize more and more what “they” say is true. Grief is not a destination. It is a journey that changes daily, and just when you think you have it figured out, it changes on you. It’s been a little less than four years since my husband and I said our goodbyes to our daughter Ilana. That first year, there were more tears than I have cried in my entire life. There was more heartache than one should endure in a lifetime. There was sadness,…

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]]> https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/06/my-everchanging-grief/feed/ 1 307773 The 411 on Strength-Based Parenting https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/05/the-411-on-strength-based-parenting/ https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/05/the-411-on-strength-based-parenting/#comments Tue, 22 May 2018 11:00:19 +0000 https://fitbottomedgirls.com/?p=200493 So much in parenting advice has changed over the years. And one of the current trends we love (besides YDY — AKA: you do you!) is strength-based parenting, which is based on the principles of positive psychology. Unsure what, exactly, that is? We’re about to break it down in this interview with Lea Waters, author of The Strength Switch: How The New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish and the star of this popular TedX talk. 7 Questions with Lea Waters About Strength-Based Learning Fit Bottomed Mamas: Why was this book so important for you to write? Lea Waters: I run strength-based workshops…

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]]> https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/05/the-411-on-strength-based-parenting/feed/ 1 200493 Yoga Among the Planes https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/05/yoga-among-the-planes/ https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/05/yoga-among-the-planes/#respond Thu, 10 May 2018 11:00:09 +0000 https://fitbottomedgirls.com/?p=200476 The sound of a loud engine purring following a deep voice shouting “clear” brings me back to childhood. The bright orange flags, the yellow directional signs that can be seen in the deepest of night. The long roads that seem endless, hangars lining the route one after another. This isn’t a foreign place to me; this is completely familiar. The familiarity brings a rush of emotions to the surface. In all my years, never did I imagine to be doing yoga among the planes. In January, I went home for my grandfather’s funeral. It was the first for my family…

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]]> https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/05/yoga-among-the-planes/feed/ 0 200476 5 Reasons to Show Affection in Front of Your Children https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/05/5-reasons-to-show-affection-in-front-of-your-children/ https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2018/05/5-reasons-to-show-affection-in-front-of-your-children/#comments Tue, 08 May 2018 11:00:05 +0000 https://fitbottomedgirls.com/?p=200420 My husband and I have been together for 11 years, and we’ve always been affectionate towards each other. During our early years — we were in high school — we lived an hour away from one another, and the only way we were able to see each other was if we met at public places, so we’ve never been afraid of a little PDA. When we had our first child, it became more important to continue our affectionate tendencies. At that time though, the focus of our public display of affection was redirected to doing it in front of our…

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