Damaris

Thank you so much!!! 🥰

I’ve lived in all four continental U.S. time zones and the eastern time zone is by far my least favorite for reasons I can’t explain

Here’s tonight’s haul of books we read before bed, all of which she picked out herself :’)

I admit that I may be slightly obsessed with reading to my infant in hopes that she will develop a deep love of reading. So far it all seems to be working out according to plan.

Unfortunately for them, that is exactly what fuels me.

I once dared to say that I want to avoid raising an iPad kid and plan to follow the AAP recommendations for screen-time. Nothing has ever had other people wishing on my downfall quite like that has.

They are kicking 11 million American citizens off Medicaid. None of them are undocumented. And every other American’s access to healthcare will be reduced by the impacts those cuts have on services and facilities.

Upsetting myself every time I think about having to live on the other side of the US again

I parent firmly by the fact that what is a fraction of my adult life is the entire foundation of my daughter’s. I will snuggle her as long as she wants to be snuggled. I will carry her until my arms fall off.

“How do you get anything done?” as if in 30 years I’m going to give a shit that I didn’t get my laundry folded a little faster or start my dishwasher a little sooner. I don’t give a shit now, actually.

lol I don’t know how anyone thinks it’s reasonable to tell parents that they should stop holding their baby so often or responding to their cries so quickly.

Baby and her favorite bedtime reads 🤍

I’m doing the 1000 books before kindergarten” challenge for Vera and my only regret is not starting it sooner because we’ve probably read “I Love You to the Moon and Back” at least 400 times already.

One ✨little joy✨of parenthood was signing my daughter up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, and I hope one day she is as excited about her monthly books as I am.

Survived a roadtrip to Montana with a baby and two dogs ☀️

We made up for it with a long nap in the car, thank goodness!

Two months ago, when I made the appointment for my daughter to have her four month immunizations, I had no idea it would take place during what should be her nap time and now I’m lowkey terrified of that missed nap.

I won’t say that it would’ve been easier having a baby in my early 20’s but I will say that the sound of my bones popping as I sneak away from my daughters bassinet wakes her up more frequently than I’d like to admit

Vera turned four months old today AND rolled from back to tummy on her own for the first time ever.

She is not a tiny squishy newborn anymore and time continues to be a thief.

HHS Scraps Advisory Committee on Newborn Screening Cut comes as new conditions could have been added to a national screening panel

HHS has scrapped its Advisory Committee on Newborn Screening, which is responsible for updating a standardized list of conditions the HHS secretary recommends states screen for as part of their universal newborn screening programs.

I told myself I wouldn’t post pictures of my baby’s face on public platforms and it’s been the hardest thing because she’s the cutest person I’ve ever seen

Thank you so so much!! 🥹🥰❤️

Happy, happy birthday, @damarisjo.bsky.social!
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The hardest thing about having a newborn so far is the fact that every aspect of her mood and sleep depends on how efficient I am at getting her to burp and fart.

I weened myself off of caffeine while I was pregnant just for the newborn stage to suck me back in.

Thank you!! 🫶🏽

I gave birth to a 7 lb 13 oz baby exactly two weeks ago and I can’t imagine how I ever lived without knowing her.

The second trimester energy and the nesting phase not overlapping is absolutely unfair.

lol the pressure of the internet and it’s financial/emotional/physical/spiritual standards of birth and postpartum prep is ruining me and I am resentful for having to put so much of my time and energy into working and barely having any left over to do any of that 🤪