Tales of a Tired Mom

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To cook or not to cook? That is the question!

I love to cook! I could cook all day long. It's the clean up that really sucks!   But lately one of my biggest struggles with 2 under 2 is finding the time to feed myself. As much as I would love to fit into my skinny jeans, I keep reminding myself how important it is to eat enough and healthy choices because I am still pumping breast milk.  And of course I need energy to run after these two rugrats.   By the time I am done with the morning routine of changing two sets of diapers ... VIEW POST

Breastfeeding at the beach?!

Packing a cooler for a day at the beach sure has changed for me and my husband.... For all my breastfeeding mommas on the move this summer, do you feel comfortable putting up a towel barricade to breastfeed your baby? I am a strictly breast pumping mom at this point so I am packing a cooler of frozen breast milk to take with me! There are no outlets at the beach so I will have to find somewhere to pump.  I hate having to find random places to pump but giving my baby breast milk is so so ... VIEW POST

The Struggle is Real!

  The Struggle is Real! Hello world!!!! My name is Erica and I am the mother of two babies under the age of two! My daughter is 16 months old and my son is one month old! I also have a husband, a dog and two cats. So I guess that would make my house pretty fun/chaotic and why my husband and I refer to our home as "the zoo." So I guess my first post should be about what made me want to start this blog? Especially because I am not computer or internet savvy in the least bit. However, ... VIEW POST