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A New Year And New Thoughts On My Career

December 30, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I made the leap to quit my job three months after Little Man was born. It was a huge decision for us. From the moment my son was born, I couldn’t get enough of being his mommy. I had always known there would be a good chance I’d want to be home with him after [...]

Filed Under: Career, Family, motherhood, Parenting, SAHM

New Years Reruns and Reflections

December 29, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything on here. Partially because I’ve been playing around with blog design and setting up my new site, but mostly because I took a little vacation from my computer. Then I got sick with a pretty debilitating cold this week. I’m not completely recovered, so please forgive me [...]

Filed Under: Career, Life, motherhood, Parenting, SAHM

You’re Not The Boss Of Me.

September 29, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I shouldn’t have to adhere to the guidelines set forth by people who have no idea what my life is like. ::Humph:: Ok, that sounds a little harsh, but it occurred to me today that I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to cater to the expectations of people who don’t deal with or [...]

Filed Under: Life, motherhood, Parenting, SAHM, toddlerhood Tagged With: parents vs. childfree adults

Exhausted

September 16, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I don’t think there are different degrees of exhaustion. You either are or you aren’t, right? I mean, there are certainly different degrees of tired, but once you reach the point of exhaustion, that’s it. You’re just spent. I remember fearing the exhaustion that comes with becoming a parent when I first became pregnant with [...]

Filed Under: Life, Parenting, SAHM, toddlerhood

Finally Pursuing My Dreams

August 29, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I like to write. I really do. I would even say I love to write. Writing is important to me for so many reasons, including: stress relief/therapy for topics I need to get out of my head creative outlet adult conversation But… I’m not sure writing is my passion. No, actually, I know it’s not. [...]

Filed Under: Career, Childbirth, Family, Life, midwife, midwifery, motherhood, Natural Parenting, nursing, Parenting, pregnancy, SAHM

Wordless Wednesday: Family Summer Fun

August 24, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

Little Man clapping for the Itsy Bitsy Spider performance by Grandma and Grandpa (and daddy too): Little Man eagerly following daddy to the playground: Little Man could literally take this ball (it makes a loud jiggle noise when he bounces it) everywhere: Oh yeah! AND I got my first ultrasound of baby #2 last week: [...]

Filed Under: Family, Parenting, SAHM, toddlerhood, wordlesswednesday

Roller Coaster Of Emotions

August 15, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I laid in bed for an hour last night before falling asleep. As soon as my head hit the pillow, my mind started racing about all the housework and errands I am behind on, blogs I want to catch up on, the topics I want to research, and all the BlogHer events I still want [...]

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My Catch-22

August 11, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I know I said I’d talk about the BlogHer ’11 parties this week and this week is quickly drawing to a close, but I’m having trouble focusing on anything other than what’s been on my mind these last few day. This is going to sound terrible, but after four days of self-discovery and dreaming about [...]

Filed Under: Career, Family, Parenting, SAHM, toddlerhood

Unreliable Memory

July 19, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I went through some of Little Man’s clothes this past weekend. Now that sounds like I was being all proactive or something, but I wasn’t. The truth of the matter is, though our home is starting to feel much more homey and less like the aftermath of a tornado (thanks to my new routine), there [...]

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Choices And Motherhood

July 14, 2011 By Erika @NaMammaSte

I have thought of the movie “Mona Lisa Smile” a lot over the past year. With decisions on whether or not to work at home (the job I had when Little Man was born) or outside the home part-time and then, once I decided to focus on motherhood and resigned from my full-time career, the [...]