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04/17/2019

When you have all the feels and can’t deny it! What an amazing big brother 💙

03/21/2019

I love this outlook! There are so many moments I wish I could have froze in time with every one of mine. There’s such a innocent brilliance about the toddler years ❤️

03/09/2019

To all the amazing women I have witnessed in their strongest moments, to the ones waiting to have that moment. Time is on your side; you’ve got this!!!

11/18/2018

Just wanted to bring some awareness to World Prematurity Day. I have been there with one of our twins and it was one of the toughest times of my entire life. Watching him grow and gain each day made it possible to be there. To all the families who have been there and the ones going through it now, stay strong, there will be an end. ❤️

10/15/2018

For all of the babies gone too soon. For the families left to wonder, question, cry, be angry and hopefully possibly heal from something that should have never happened.
This day is for you, I recognize that life and I see you. May your memory never fade 💛

08/09/2018

People seem to have so many questions about how often they can or should hold their babies. All the time! There is no maximum. It is a need, they are not manipulating us. They really just need this from us. You cannot spoil them! ❤️

07/02/2018

Hang in there! I know it’s hard but the pay off can be so wonderful. These days are short.

06/29/2018

I just love everything about what he says here. Very good (and short) read for any new parents!

A few things I forgot between babies four and five: Dads, when your has been fed, changed, and is still upset, swaddle them up and hold them. Check in with them. Feel their face on yours. Talk to them. Rub their back, sway gently, hum, make the “swishy” sound in their ear to replicate the sound of Mom’s heartbeat in utero. If they’re still crying and it breaks your heart... that’s fatherhood. If you move past heartbreak into exasperation... that’s fatherhood. If they start screaming and you find yourself wanting to say “Oh, C’MON!” out loud... that’s fatherhood. If you feel helpless and inadequate and like you’re staring at a final exam full of questions you couldn’t possibly have known to study for... that’s fatherhood. And if you push through that... become more present than you’ve ever been, discover instincts you never knew you had, and summon up more love and patience than you’ve maybe ever shown anybody... and they either take it, or get tired, or finally work out that fart that was bothering them and fall asleep on your chest... and you suddenly feel like you beat the system, got nominated for a Nobel Prize and got told “I love you” by the first girl you ever loved... THAT’s fatherhood. Welcome... Glad you’re here. 💙

06/17/2018

Happy Fathers Day to all the men I have seen become fathers and to those already doing it! You have been an amazing inspiration