Hi Balanced Beauties! It's been a LONG time since I've written a blog post. While being a full time mama has taken up the majority of my time, there have been a few things that I've wanted to share that were recently suggested by some of you. The topics I'll write about are: quick baby weight loss (next blog post coming) and an update on Brooklyn at almost 8 months. My second post (next week) will detail how I managed to lose my baby weight, and all the things that I feel helped that ...
Newborn Essentials
Hi Balanced Beauties! Ask and you shall receive! I am finally writing a much requested post about my personal favorite newborn essentials. During my pregnancy, I think I googled "top rated" and "most useful" newborn essentials more than anything, so I can understand why this was the most common request in my inbox! I am going to keep this post short and simple. From what I've experienced, whether you love an item for a baby, or if a certain item worked for someone else's baby, doesn't ...
Postpartum
Hi Balanced Beauties! This post on postpartum has been a long time coming! Between having a newborn, COVID-19, losing my grandfather in these difficult circumstances and having both friends and family affected deeply by COVID, it's been a very chaotic time to say the least. I have tried to sit down to write this post over and over, but now I have finally made the effort to collect my thoughts and type out an honest blog post about my postpartum experience. Postpartum I received so ...
Birth Story
Hi Balanced Beauties! I've been so excited about sharing my pregnancy journey and will continue to do so regarding postpartum and "mom" life. I'll try to share the good, the bad and the ugly, as I did with my personal pregnancy experience. Thanks for all of your feedback regarding my personal birth story and my postpartum/recovery after Brooklyn. I did receive many requests to share both of these experiences. I will be sharing my postpartum journey in next week’s post. It is just as ...
Brooklyn’s Nursery Details
Hi Balanced Beauties! I've finally came around to listing the details of Brooklyn's nursery for y'all! We went for a very neutral nursery so that we could easily switch it up if we have a boy the next time around. All of the nursery details are listed below <3 I hope this helps and thanks for your patience! Enjoy <3 Xoxo, Dressed with Balance ...
Popping bottles of a different kind in 2020 <3
Hi Balanced Beauties! Happy New Year and Hello 2020! We are ready for you. Just about four weeks left until our little girl arrives and we couldn’t be more ecstatic. As we march through these final weeks, I can now understand how other people say that the symptoms of the first trimester would rear their head again in the third! These symptoms are no joke; I’m back to feeling sick, tired and very uncomfortable all over again. But we got this! No matter what the day brings, somehow, someway, ...