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Baby & Motherhood

As a soon to be mom of two, I did learn a couple things through the motherhood journey that I wish I knew before. This can be something as simple as what to pack in the hospital bag or what baby items are indeed a necessity versus good to haves. I fully acknowledged that everybody's experience and preferences are different, however - I thought it will still be interesting to share here, in case it can be useful in anyways for other soon to be moms :)

My motherhood journey didn't go as smoothly as I planned it to. My eldest daughter, Grace, is now a thriving 4 years old. However, when she was a baby, she had a pretty severe silent reflux. Unfortunately, as a clueless first time mom (FTM), it took me a while to understand what was wrong with my baby. We started giving her medication for the reflux when she already developed adversity towards feeding - and this impacted her general attitude toward food and eating up until now.

I will touch on these two topics often in my blog, so I'm creating this page to list out relevant posts.

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To sum up, this quote really resonates with my motherhood journey so far:

Not until I experienced Motherhood myself, I fully understand what it really means to be a "mom" and how special it is to be called a "mom". Cheers to all super moms out there!


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