My Beloved Barbocoa Beef

Yesterday was a very long and emotionally draining day. I don’t talk about it much but my oldest daughter is technically my step-daughter. She was born 2 years before I began dating her father but from that point on I have been known as nothing less than a mother to her. Sadly, when Maya was…

Early Learning – Reading Matters

As promised I am sharing a few of the books we’ve rented, read, and really enjoyed with Maya recently. I love covering a wide range of subjects. Doing so keeps Maya’s interest and takes her mind to very different places at story time. What are we reading together? Mariama Different But The Same by Jerónimo…

Conquering the Curl — Care for Mixed Hair

Both of my daughters are mixed. Maya is a beautiful mixture of Paraguayan and African American roots while Isabelle is an absolute dazzling mixture of Paraguayan and Caucasian heritage. Our family is such a melting pot and I absolutely LOVE it! Maya has a tight natural curl to her hair and it tended to be…

Knowledge Is Power

I will be the FIRST to say that I was never a huge fan of school. I hated waking up early, I constantly got made fun of for my small size (vertically), and to be honest I never really felt challenged or interested by the curriculum available to us at the time. Maya just started…

Flu Blues 😷

This past week has been filled with stuffed nostrils, headaches, sore throats, coughs, body aches, throw up, boogers, and pure chaos for mommy! We plan to get hit every year especially with Maya in school. Bacteria’s favorite place to thrive and the only place mommy doesn’t clean. As expected the illness started with Maya. It…

Our 1st Tooth Fairy Visit!

It’s crazy it is all happening so fast! Sam, Maya, and I have been wiggling her first loose tooth for the past month or two now and it finally came out! She was an absolute champ and kept rooting me on. I was the squimish one constantly asking her if she was feeling okay. I remember…

Purée Progress

Isabelle is now 7 months old and enjoying the growth in her menu options. Granted she still lunges at my every meal, she is still very satisfied with her own set-up! In an earlier blog I posted about single ingredient purées that Isabelle liked and didn’t like as much. This time I’m going to share…

Dropping the Step and just being Mom

We all know the story of the EVIL stepmother who enslaves her rich husband’s children while he is away working, don’t we? Very and I mean VERY rarely is a stepmother painted in a good light. Which is honestly, bull crap! I’m not saying every step-parent is a saint but taking on the role as a…

In Search of a Proper Latch

 Our breastfeeding story: Before Isabelle was born I had NO idea what to expect when it came to breastfeeding. Sam and I took a class and all we learned were positions to hold her in (positions that do work in the end by the way) but that did me no good in my first MONTH…

Fresh is Best!

That’s right! I wanted to send out a quick reminder that you can make fresh food too! We used our Baby Bullet Turbo Steamer and Baby Bullet Blender again – more like everyday! Isabelle needed more fresh food and mom delivered in the best way she knew how. On the menu for the next 4 days…