The Young Mommy Life

Updated: If you’d like to contribute to the ebook, click here to fill out a quick survey. Unfortunately, everyone who sends in a submission won’t be chosen, but there will be plenty of other opportunities through the blog.  It is my goal to kick off 2012 with a bang. 2011 was mainly about me finding [...]

So I sucked this week. A lot. I haven’t worked out since last Saturday. As in the Saturday before Mother’s Day. See, what had happened was that I was on a roll. I was working out, eating my salads, being more active that usual, rolling on the floor with the kids. Basically just doing the [...]

What have I done since last week to realize my goal of shedding enough pounds so I can quit sucking in my gut? Let’s count the ways: I picked up Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred DVD and two 2-pound weights. I dug out my old sports bras and tried to find one that wasn’t so [...]

  I was not at all prepared to meet my son last summer after he spent a glorious 39 weeks blossoming in my womb. (Love that sentence, I should be a poet!) I wasn’t at all prepared for his appetite, either. This little man was attached to my boobs every 75 minutes. He’d eat, get [...]

This is Essure, a relatively new non-hormonal birth control device (been around about five years). It is placed in your Fallopian tubes and over time, it creates scar tissue which will block the eggs from being available to sperm. They tout this as being a better alternative to getting your tubes tied. There’s no incision [...]