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How to Bring Your Postpartum Hair Back From the Brink

Allie Walld 1 year ago

August is National Hair Loss Awareness Month. While that may be news to you, most new mothers are acutely aware of the fact that they're losing hair at a dreadfully alarming rate. Most women will experience postpartum hair loss at the end of "the fourth trimester," around that three-month postpartum mark, and this tumultuous time for your tresses can last up to six months. And while...

Look at the Time

Finding Time to Bond with Your Twins When Everything Takes Twice as Long

Allie Walld 1 year ago

Any parent knows all too well that time goes by so quickly. The early days with your newborn twins are filled with so many time-consuming, but necessary tasks. Washing and folding endless loads of laundry. Sterilizing a steady cycle of bottles and pump parts. Taking care of twice as many diaper changes. Feeding twice as many mouths. Cutting twice as many nails. Cleaning twice as...

Fur Baby...Meet Human Baby

Five Tips for Introducing Your Pets to Your Newborn Twin Babies

Allie Walld 1 year ago

The months leading up to the arrival of your twins are filled with plenty of planning and, if you're me, several checklists of things that should be done to ideally promote smooth sailing in what we were expecting to be an exciting yet chaotic time filled with family firsts on a steep learning curve. One of the things on the Must Do list was preparing the four-legged members of our...

What is That Thing?

Heel-Stick Calcinosis: What is This Hard White Bump & Should I be Worried?

Allie Walld 1 year ago 2

As you work on your list of questions for your twins' one-year check-up with their pediatrician, you're likely giving both of your sweet children thorough once-overs to think of anything you want to ask their doctor about. I did the same during the weeks before and after our guys' first birthday, going from head to foot. And when I got to the bottom of Baby A's foot, I noticed a...

How to Make Father's Day Memorable

Drew Kozub 1 year ago

Dads are notoriously tough to buy for and Father's Day is an annual reminder of this fact. But you don't always need a gift to show dad you care! Here's some ideas you can use for inspiration to make Father's Day a special day for Dad.

PREEMIE POWER

From Twin to Twin Mom: Welcoming Premature Babies & Becoming a NICU Parent

Allie Walld 1 year ago

Earlier this week, it was National Multiple Births Awareness Day, a day celebrated by parents of multiples and the medical professionals who care for those babies to raise awareness of the unique experiences and needs of twins and higher order multiples. Unique is certainly one way to put it. The things that happen in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are life-changing—for the...

One for the Books

Ten Ways to Make Mother's Day Memorable This Year

Allie Walld 1 year ago

Mother's Day is just around the corner and you may be racking your brain on what you can do to make the day extra special for your mom. Just like every kid is different, so is every mama. Some might want to kick back and relax, while others may want to seize the day. Whatever you decide your mom would prefer, she's bound to appreciate the thought and effort you put into making the day...

Celebrate Mom

Gifts Ideas Any Mom Will Love

Allie Walld 2 years ago

Whether the lady in your life is an expectant mother-to-be or a seasoned mama with plenty of parenting experience, they have one thing in common: they give of themselves to others. It could be driving children all over town to appointments or practices, it could be preparing meals and snacks for little tummies all week long, it could be spot-treating and washing endless loads of...

Let Them Eat Cake

From Twin to Twin Mom: When it Comes to Birthday Cakes

Allie Walld 2 years ago

As a mom, I have certainly learned a lot since we welcomed our sons into this world. As a mom of twins, I have figured out how to navigate the challenges associated with parenthood while juggling (read: not literally juggling) two babies at the same time. And as a twin myself, I have the interesting opportunity to experience the world as we watch our twins grow while also having...

What Can I Do?

Things You Can Do to Help Parents of Newborn Twins

Allie Walld 2 years ago

Parenting is hard. Whether it's your first time around the Mom&Pop Block or your second adventure with a subsequent sibling, parenthood can be tough to navigate. The continuous cycle of days blending into nights is exhausting, and what may have worked for parents previously may not be as successful this time around because every baby is different. What isn't different, though, is...