Alyssa Dawson

  Being a new mom is hard, but making better-for-you lunches and dinners shouldn’t be. When you have a new baby there are so many new things that you encounter. One of my least favorite things to think about after I had Hanna was what I was making for dinner. Every evening the age-old question: What’s for dinner? Would ring in my ears. I’d shudder every time I heard it because I was wondering the same thing. Most of the time I would grab the stuff that was not so healthy, but it was quick to make. And… Read More

Baby coos and smiles are some of the top things on my enjoyment list as of late. I can’t help but stop and smile at Hanna when I see her staring at me with her big twinkling eyes. It seems like yesterday we were at the hospital getting ready to have Hanna. My how time has just zoomed past. Now she’s just over two months old and I can’t believe how big she is getting. Those first few months of a baby’s life seem to fly by and at the same time they drag on. The… Read More

When we first brought Hazel home from the hospital it was like we were given a foreign object. We had no idea what we were doing. Okay, we had some idea, it’s not rocket science, but it is tough.  One of the things I wished we would have known how to do was properly swaddle a baby. The nurses at the hospital have it all down pat, and it’s practically their job to swaddle babies. I never really figured out the whole swaddle thing with Hazel, which could be why she was such a horrible… Read More