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What's better than one bouquet? How about four. 🌷🌺🌸🌹Do you have a lucky number? Mine has always been 4, I was born March 4th and we got married June 4th, which is why I always play the number 4 when playing Keno with @ctlottery #ad #yournumbersarewaiting

✨Watching these two grow into siblings is a joy

✨Watching these two grow into siblings is a joy I can't even begin to explain ✨ #butfirstmiles #butfirstfinley

Finley got her first bottle of formula this week a

Finley got her first bottle of formula this week and wanna know what? It felt good ✨ In stark contrast the first time I had to give Miles formula, I felt defeated. After 2 years of infertility and multiple miscarriages I felt like my body was failing at motherhood once again. I spent the first 6 months of his life married to my breast pump. Agonizing over every ounce. Waking multiple times at night so I could pump just a little bit more. Trying every supplement and method out there in attempt to boost my supply. ✨ When I got pregnant with Finley I vowed I wouldn't put myself through that again. After 4 months of exclusively breastfeeding without issues, I noticed she didn't seem to be gaining weight as quickly and was suspicious she wasn't taking enough at feeds. A visit to the lactation consultant confirmed this and that my supply had dropped. I could have felt defeated, like my body was failing to make what my baby needed once again. Instead, I mixed her first bottle of formula and she sucked it down and looked up at me with a happy, satisfied smiled and not one piece of me felt anything other than total reassurance that it was the right choice. ✨ Am I still breastfeeding and pumping to boost my supply? 100% yes. But am I agonizing over every ounce? Am I stressing if I miss a pumping sessions? Do I feel any guilt when I mix a bottle of formula for her? No, no, and heck no. ✨ Why am I telling you this? I feel like there is an impression that moms who feed formula didn't try hard enough, gave up, or aren't educated enough. I want to be a visible mom who DID try (really f*cking hard, to the point where my physical and mental health were impacted), who IS educated, and has chosen supplementing with formula as the best option for both my babies' health and well-being. I want to be a reminder that when you choose something that's good for you, you're choosing something that's good for your baby, because your baby needs you at your best way more than they need that one extra ounce of breast milk. However you choose to feed your babies, you're doing great. #butfirstfinley #fedisbest

Are you team Iced Coffee or Hot Coffee??? To me, e

Are you team Iced Coffee or Hot Coffee??? To me, every season is iced coffee season! And I'm going to be celebrating Iced Coffee Day (this Wednesday, May 26) with @dunkin Connecticut! For every medium Iced Coffee or Cold Brew purchased, $1 will be donated to the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation to support local children’s hospitals. Valid at participating Connecticut Dunkin’ locations, excluding Fairfield County. #dunkinCT #DunkinPartner #IcedCoffeeDay

This rhododendron bush on the side of our house ha

This rhododendron bush on the side of our house has been in bloom all week and Michael kept saying

✨4 MONTHS OF FINLEY MAY✨ She may be a little p

✨4 MONTHS OF FINLEY MAY✨ She may be a little peanut but her smile and personality have been growing 🌱 SWIPE for months 3,2 and 1

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