Archive for the ‘Post Partum Depression’ Category

How do your kids get along with the new baby?

I get this question almost every time I go out in public. I don’t know how awful other kids are to their baby siblings but my kids have luckily fallen in love with Laurelyn.
If anything, I feel like treating them poorly after they’ve woken her up for the 67th time because they can’t walk past [...]

Feeling better, sort of

I started writing again partly because I remembered how supportive it was to blog while I was dealing with the postpartum depression and I knew I was feeling depressed again and needed help.
I haven’t written in the past couple of days because I’m feeling better. It’s work but I am feeling better but every time [...]

I will survive, won’t I?

I’m ashamed to admit it but I’m not thrilled about being pregnant. I thought I would. It was always the plan to have four kids. Chuck and I agreed on that number while we were still enamored newlyweds but we’re not newlyweds anymore. We’re still enamored but we’re old hats in this parenting game and [...]

Jibberish

My thoughts are jumbled and disjointed. This is one of those times when I write because I need to and not because anyone else will read it but me.

I had the assumption that now that the Postpartum Depression was over that life would go back to normal. Well, you know what assuming does right? I [...]

Gym time, family time, craft time and a little time for me.

Gym time, family time, craft time and a little time for me.
I am back at the gym. Granted it’s only three days a week but three is better than none, which is what I WAS devoting to my gym lately. I know it’s busy and it’s hectic and there’s a million things going on but [...]