Tag: first time mom
20 Questions with ACM Team Member Tiffeny Wilbourn
Hi there! My name is Tiffeny Wilbourn!
I am a newer member of the Alamo City Moms team, and I'm so excited to participate as...
A Letter to My Firstborn
Little Man,
It’s hard to believe you’ve already been in our lives for two and a half years. It seems just yesterday we discovered...
And the Winner Is…
I don’t know. I don’t even know who is nominated. What movie? When did that come out? What day/month/year is it? (Just kidding, I...
Negotiating with the Magic Word
Think fast, hot shot.
You need to get your toddler in her car seat and she wants your car keys. Do you:
Refuse to hand...
Standing in Two Worlds
I work thirty hours a week, in three 10-hour days. It might not sound like a total work schedule dream come true, but it’s...
Fistful of Eggs: A Self-feeding Story
It’s like a standoff in a western, but no one’s holding a gun. The weapon of choice is eggs. And the person looking me...
Tasting Notes: What I Think of the Foods I’m Asking My...
We started solids approximately eight months ago, and for me it was a whole new world of worry, along with a bunch of new...
Say “Yes” to You
I couldn’t believe it was happening, as it happened. I actually said “no.”
As a people-pleasing, “YES!” person, it felt kind of amazing.
Who...
Five Things I Won’t Do in 2017
So instead of the typical list of things I'll do as resolutions in 2017, I'm hoping if I reframe them as things I won't...
This is 40: Life at 40 Weeks Postpartum
On Saturday, November 5, 2017, my baby girl turned 40 weeks old. I gave birth to Anabel when I was 40 weeks plus 3...
#sorrynotsorry: Being Okay With Moving On
This recent back-to-school season was an important one for me. My youngest child headed off to a full-day, five-day-a-week preschool program, leaving me and...
Firing Dr. Google
When you first gaze upon the positive indicator on that pregnancy test, you immediately start thinking about hearing the heartbeat and seeing the sonograms and...
Rinse, Wash, and Repeat: On Mostly Cloth Diapering
We cloth diaper! Mostly.
I remember when I told my husband, Justin, I wanted to cloth diaper. Let’s just say he didn’t buy into the...
A Piercing Question
My Puerto Rican mother said her parents pierced her ears before she left the hospital as a baby, but that wasn’t the case for...