A little bit stressed this morning because I had two classes scheduled for Milo—a gym
class and then like a talking class— and I was so excited for these two back-to-back classes
because we just moved him onto a one nap schedule so now— wait I feel like I have a lot to tell you.
Milo's over there playing I'm cleaning up the kitchen.
We recently shifted Milo to a one nap a day schedule which was a big move
We weren't quite sure if he was actually ready for it but he was really rejecting
the second nap every day for almost three weeks in a row so we just decided to keep
him awake for longer and put him down for his only nap of the day around 11:30. Okay,
I think my camera just died. Mommy's cleaning up. This is borderline impossible. So,
I've been putting him down for his one nap of the day around 11:30. He has been doing
about a two hour nap and then that's it that's his nap situation for the day.
He sleeps 12 hours at night—sometimes more—so I think he's overall getting enough sleep and he
seems to be doing well but because of this new nap schedule I've been trying to like pack activities
and play dates and things into the morning time because I basically just need to make
sure I'm keeping him stimulated so he doesn't fall asleep or so he doesn't get like super fussy and
that was not Milo playing the piano that was like the thing that piano does automatically. All that
to say, I had two classes scheduled for this morning—a gym class and then a talking class—and
the gym class just got canceled out of nowhere which is really upsetting because I need to figure
out things to do to keep this kid entertained. So, I'm gonna take him to his talking class and then
maybe like take him out to lunch. Do something to keep him awake and alert but I will share more
about the whole nap situation. I am really glad we did it and we actually did the shift when we were
on vacation which I think made it a lot easier because he was already kind of thrown off from the
trip and he was already you know I was already in this like I gotta go with the flow mindset
and so we just did it and he proved to be really resilient and then we got home and we just stuck
to the schedule. I've got to take him to his one class sadly the second one will not be happening
but we'll figure out something fun to do and then last thing I had asked a bunch of you guys you
know in one of my last videos I talked about how I didn't have anything blog worthy to talk about
and how all I was just like talking about nothing and I got some great feedback from you guys that
you actually prefer the content that doesn't seem to be Vlog worthy so to me that's just
like picking this camera up when I'm cleaning or doing stuff or like running around the house and
just living my life that's actually really freeing for me to know that that is the content that you
guys want to see because that is the content that you know is the easiest and lowest touch
for me to produce for you so you'll be getting more of that in 2023 all right see you later
Avocado
look at all this avocado yum do you want more olives or avocado
this one okay avocado you want the knife no way Jose that's Mama's knife but what I can do
how about we do scoops of avocado on the spoon
more can you tell me more please more please okay thank you
what are you looking at
all right it's very dark out it's night time already but I wanted to try on this pink power
suit for you really for me but figured I'd do it for you and so the lighting is just sub-optimal
tell you that much but I'm gonna set you up right here right at the window where there's
absolutely no light coming in and I'm just gonna try this on let's start with the tank
top that I'm planning to wear under it just to see how it looks okay give me a second
but I think we're gonna have to go braless bra off so glad my period just ended before I
have to do this shoot okay so I really actually wanted a size smaller in these pants they didn't
have so I got this size and then I ordered the size smaller to my house but I would have both
and I would have options then I got an email saying that the smaller size is out of stock
so we've got to go with this size that's a little big on me and I think I might bring a safety pin
or something to tighten it but honestly it's okay and I think I'm gonna tie this like in a knot and
let it hang uh to be determined I might need to bring like a steamer I didn't really consider
that I kind of feel like this sort of outfit with like a white with white sneakers is kind of cool
I think I'm gonna go with this but then make sure they don't have my nipples in the shot I don't know
all right let's see what it looks like all right here's the outfit there's my tower of blankets
in the distance this is what I'm gonna wear for the shoot I actually really like the look of it
still have to figure out the shoes my options which I'm gonna bring are like a chunky white
sneaker these are my favorite sneakers of all time they might look cool they might look weird I don't
know that's an option if I want like a cool girl look is it cool no just got a pedicure hold on
I brought home a few different types of sandals that I can try so I have these like
um cork which is a neutral color and then I have silver
one option and then gold I think I'm actually gonna bring all three
of these and just try them on and let the team tell me what we're thinking
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okay, i'm doing a massive meal prep in here massive let me show you what I'm making
so I've got some of this garlic butter chicken with some parsley
I don't even know if you can see how good that looks then I got some potatoes roasted I'm
about to roast up some sweet potatoes I prepped some berries for the week it's an absolute
mess in here then I have like a Greek situation going on so cucumber tomato I got some broccoli
differently cut cucumber and tomato for Milo with some meatballs we're gonna make Subs so I got this
for the meatball subs and then I also got some chicken that we can eat with this Greek stuff I've
truly formed the habit of meal prepping and now it just doesn't feel like the weekend is I don't want
to say a good weekend but like it just doesn't feel like I've achieved what I need to achieve
by a Sunday night if I haven't had a chance to do this so often that means like dropping Milo off
with my in-laws or to do something with someone so that I have this time normally Michael would
be the one who's kind of like responsible for hanging out with him during this time
but Michael now is catching the sickness that I had that I caught from Milo so it's all good
for some reason I really like only enjoy vlogging when I have a lot of space in the
house and like when no one's home and Michael actually just went out to take a little walk
to get some fresh air because he hasn't been outside in a few days and honestly like this
is my favorite way to Vlog I just love talking when no one's around this looks so good oh my
God I'm trying something new because I just bought this waffle machine little
mini waffle maker a friend of mine had it if you follow me on Instagram you might
see that there was one day I made Milo oh I I need Michael to buy something hold on
we don't have any more of that like spray for the waffle maker how am I gonna make waffles
hi you've reached Michael can you please buy some more olive oil or avocado oil spray for the waffle
maker hopefully he gets that in time turn this off looks really good let's let that sit what
was I saying oh yeah my friend had this waffle machine and we were making salmon for the babies
and honestly like they just didn't want to eat it and she said trust me if I give her a waffle she
only wants waffles or yogurt she won't eat salmon and I said what if we put the salmon in the waffle
it would seemed kind of gross but I basically just mixed it was like poached really soft salmon
I mixed it with one egg and put it in the waffle maker and we made little salmon waffles Milo loved
it he just was going crazy with it and I went home that night bought one for myself the brand is Dash
I got it on Amazon it's linked to my storefront under kitchen and I was like you know what I'm
gonna make everything into a waffle this week so I'm trying out sweet potato situation I think I'm
gonna do like just sweet potato and egg to keep it simple because that way I can eat it too recently
my blender has been having like a weird smell like almost as if it's overheating and about to
like explode does that happen to anyone else all right let's put this sweet potato in and maybe
just crack one egg in here oops dropped some sweet potato in the dishwasher oops okay I'm making a true mess
grab one egg okay welcome to my kitchen I really try to clean as I go when I'm
doing meal prep there was a time today when I was really clean that is long gone now Michael's home
hi [Music]
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something I've been meaning to talk about a little bit on social media since becoming a mom is the importance of making other
friends that are moms or just in the same stage of life as you um and it doesn't need to be the
exact same stage you know Milo was born November 2021 and a lot of these mom friends that I'm talking
about have babies that were born early 2022 even mid-2022 hang on I'm trying on this lip gloss I
don't normally wear a lip gloss but I'm intrigued what do we think when I first had Milo I didn't
know many other moms around my age in my area of the city I actually don't think I knew any then I
had one friend who was still pregnant at the time but knew a couple of people that had had their
babies already so we started getting together every Tuesday at this point Milo was like six
months and it was just the first time that I was getting together with other people that had babies
I remember leaving that circle that day just on a high being like these other people exist oh my God
there's so many other moms out there there are so many other people who are going through the same
thing I'm going through at the same time we need to do this more often I love these people and I
was just on a total High we started a little chat I think it was a WhatsApp chat and we people would
just like add in their friends when they had a friend that had a friend that had a baby now that
chat that started as like six or seven people has 97 people in it 97 women in the same area where
I live of the city that all have babies within like eight months of each other within that group
of 97 people like obviously that chat itself has gotten a little overwhelming but within that group
there have been like smaller groups of people that really click and do a lot of activities
together and we now have our nannies connected to each other and we send our kids to activities
together it is like the most epic thing to have ever as a mom now this group there's probably like
25 people that I talk to regularly in this text chat we have and tonight we're going out for a
big group dinner these are all people that I just did not know existed until after I had a baby I
just cannot even express at this stage of my life how much joy this has brought me and how vital I
feel like this is and how I genuinely don't know if my experience of motherhood would be the same
without them for everyone out there no matter where you live you don't need to be in a group
of 95 people but find one friend of one friend of one friend just find someone and connect and then
as you start to meet other people that have had babies add them in and get together make
appointments make dates make play dates schedule activities together with your kids because this
little support system has been the biggest Game Changer in motherhood and it's something that I
wish on everyone so I'm getting ready for dinner we're going out tonight mom's night out and I
just put on my lip gloss and I don't know how I feel about it I want it to look super juicy
okay I did it see you later bye. my name is lucie and to me the hardest part about motherhood has been the mental weight
and specifically having to manage the schedule of another human. my name 's Dani and the hardest part about motherhood that I didn't
expect was the lack of freedom that I would have for myself in the day to day. my name is Ariel
and the hardest part about motherhood for me is having to be on 24 7 no matter what. my name is sarah
and the hardest thing about motherhood is all of the advice that you receive just take it with a grain of salt and know
that whatever works for everyone may not work for you and that's totally okay I'm
Shana and the hardest thing about motherhood for me is having mom brain all the time I'm
Julie the hardest part about motherhood for me is the lack of me time. my name is Debbie and the hardest
part of that motherhood for me is the lack of sleep hi my name is Mollie
and the hardest thing about motherhood for me has been getting pregnant at my six week check up
and having two under one but I secretly love it
hi I'm Nikki and the hardest thing about motherhood is loving who I've become but also mourning who I used to be
my name is Alisa and the hardest thing about motherhood is letting go of control and letting other people help you
even though you know they're gonna do things differently than the way you that you do them
my name is Julie and the hardest part about motherhood for me is breastfeeding but it's also one of the most rewarding parts
my name is chelsea and the hardest part about motherhood for me is wanting everything to be
so perfect for my daughter and having to accept that things will go wrong
I'm Lila and the hardest part about motherhood has been staying on top of all the little things
my name is Lisa and the hardest part of being a mother so far is navigating my old identity to my new identity as a mom
my name is Madison and the hardest part about motherhood is not comparing my child's milestones to other babies'
my name is Jordana and the hardest being a mom is literally everything