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My name is Caroline. I'm a new mom with a PCOS success story. I'm a baker at heart at Chocolate & Carrots. Thanks for joining me on my journey through pregnancy, delivery, and all things baby!
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Category Archives: mama
‘parenting, uncensored’ ebook from babble
I have some really awesome news that I’ve been keeping a secret until today! My PCOS success story has been featured in Babble’s new Parenting, Uncensored book series! It’s in the ‘getting pregnant’ eBook that is now for sale. In … Continue reading
Posted in mama, pregnancy
Tagged babble, babble.com, e-book, eBook, getting pregnant, parenting
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Bumped by BLANQI
After seeing Natalie wearing the BLANQI at BlissDom a few months ago, I knew I needed to try it myself. She actually got it shipped straight to the conference from her sister, one of the founders of BLANQI. The BUMPED … Continue reading
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Tagged bumped by BLANQI, cami, clothing, maternity, nursing, postpartum, shapewear
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1st birthday invitations {giveaway}
I can’t believe almost one year has passed already! It feels like just last week I was holding this tiny 8 pound baby in my arms and now he’s mister independent and on the verge of walking! With that said, it’s … Continue reading
moving with a baby
As most of you know, we moved from our first house to our current house last week. I’m still up to my ears in boxes, but I’ve shared some tips of how to move a little more seamlessly with … Continue reading
mother-led weaning
After getting past the initial brutally painful phase of breastfeeding, I knew my goal was to breastfeed Liam until he was one year old. I took it one month at a time and by the time he was 8 months, … Continue reading
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Tagged breast milk, breastfeeding, feeding, milk, milk supply, mother led weaning, weaning, weaning from breastfeeding
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the happiest baby guide to great sleep {book review}
Author Dr. Harvy Karp is the author of The Happiest Baby on the Block. In this installment, The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep, Dr. Karp gives great sleep advice and scientific reasoning behind sleep for all stages of your … Continue reading
Perfect Mom Syndrome
My heart starts beating while I bounce the baby to keep him quiet and my brain is running a mile a minute to juggle the million questions in my head with not sounding incompetent. I’ve been nervous for days and … Continue reading
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Tagged judge, perfect mom syndrome, pledge, strongmoms, strongmoms empower
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bringing up bébé {book review}
I loved how I turned out. I think my parents did a beautiful job raising us 4 girls. Of course, there’s always things that I ‘think’ I could do better, but who am I kidding? I just want to do … Continue reading
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Tagged book, bringing up bébé, french parenting, pamela druckerman, parenting, review
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healthy pregnancy lifestyle interview
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of sharing a little of what I’ve learned being pregnant and a new mom in how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The interview is now available to watch (and don’t laugh at … Continue reading
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Tagged eating healthy, exercise, health, healthy lifestyle, interview, new mom, pregnancy, your baby booty
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baby blues
This is probably the most personal post I’ve ever written. Please don’t judge or criticize because this is still upsetting for me to think about. I just felt the need to share my story in hopes that it would help … Continue reading
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