Behind The Baby

For those of you who are new to the page, or you’ve been following our journey but you don’t know much about us… my name is Shelby, I’m 24, and I’m a first time mom.

When I got pregnant last year, I had no idea where to start or how to mom – enter @tryingtomom ! I started this blog and my Instagram page to share pictures of my daughter and to share stories of mom life. But what I didn’t expect, was how much support and love I would get from other moms… strangers, on social media.

I am currently engaged, and planning my dream wedding, with my sweet fiancé, Neil. We have been dating since our sophomore year in high school. We both went to different university’s after high school, and did the whole long distance thing. Neil even did internships in different states twice, but I visited a lot! After Neil graduated, we moved in together and got a puppy! {Actually we got our puppy, Zoey, a little bit before he graduated because we were so excited to get a dog of our own lol}. We lived in an apartment for about a year, and then we bought our own home! Buying our first home was super exciting, and we spend a lot of our weekends doing house projects… even though we have lived here for almost 2 years now.

In April 2017, Neil proposed to me in our backyard… he had the sweetest set up and surprised me to tears!! {Let me know if you guys want to hear more about that!} And about 2 weeks later we found out that I was pregnant!

Becoming a mom at 24 was a sweet surprise for both of us. We had just recently had a long conversation about when we wanted to get married, and how long after that we wanted to have kids. One missed period and a drug store pregnancy test confirmed what I thought was just paranoia, and all of our plans for the future changed. After a whirlwind of emotions between Neil and I, we settled on super nervous & super excited!

Anyone who knows me well, knows that I’m an extreme planner. I have a million lists, notes, and ideas saved in my phone. From grocery lists, to weekly meal schedules, to home projects… the list goes on and on. So when I got pregnant, I felt completely unprepared. I have ALWAYS wanted to be a mom. I really thought I was going to just thrive at motherhood. But I only had 8 months {give or take} to plan, and to change our life plans before this brand new baby was here. So we turned our lives upside down. We painted bedrooms, we installed carpet in our strictly hardwood floors home, we installed new cordless & room darkening blinds, we meal prepped and froze a ton of meals, we cut back our spending on things for us and started spending on our unborn child… I mean the amount of “nesting” that I did before Amelia was born is unreal.

After a long & trying pregnancy, our beautiful baby girl was here. There is not enough planning in the world that could have prepared us for the amount of sleepless nights and sweet baby cuddles we would receive. The love I had for Amelia when she was born was so strong. But over the last 8+ months, it has grown into a kind of love that knows no words.

I have always dreamed of being a mom. God sent me this beautiful baby girl, and made all of my dreams come true. She is seriously an angel.

Over the course of early motherhood, I have learned SO much about babies, being a mom, and mom life in general. I love being able to share my experiences all of my followers!

Alright guys… as usual, leave me a comment if you have any questions, want to share your own experiences with social media / mom life / babies / etc.

Can’t wait to hear from you!!

Shelb xoxo

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Sick Baby 101

Hey guys!

I have been a little MIA lately, and that’s because I’ve been dealing with a house full of sick people!! My fiancé got sick, and then got both me and Amelia sick. It was just a cold, but it really knocked the wind out of all 3 of us. We spent a whole weekend in bed. Well, actually we pulled our mattress off of our bed and put it in the living room and lived there for a full weekend!! Our cold consisted of stuffy / runny noses, coughing, head colds, body aches, and slight fevers. After that weekend, we all felt a lot better, but not 100%. We all still had pretty bad coughs, and stuffy noses for about a week and a half. Yuck. Being sick yourself is hard enough, but having to take care of a sick baby on top of it… well, that’s rough. Over the last couple weeks, I’ve learned a lot about sick babies. Here are some tips and tricks from a first time mama with her first experience with a sick babe!

First of all, it’s SO important to have yourself prepared. There were a few things I could not live without while Amelia was sick.

You should definitely have a thermometer on hand. Those will come in handy, if not now, then they will down the road.

Humidifiers are awesome when babies get sick. I know when I get sick and have a stuffy nose, it feels great to shower because the bathroom gets really humid and clears me right up. Humidifiers have the same effect. We ran ours all day and night while we were sick.

NoseFrida was a lifesaver! They seem so gross to me, but when Amelia had a stuffy nose, it was so satisfying to suck out all of her snot. As weird as that is haha. She felt so much better after we did it.

We also used Boogie spray before we used the NoseFrida on her. It’s just a saline that helped to loosen up her boogies! It really helped. I think it made used the NoseFrida a lot more comfortable for her as well.

There were also so many little tips and tricks I learned when Amelia was sick. Having all of those products on hand was really great, but if your babe just has a cold, there isn’t much you can do for them except for make their time being sick as comfortable as you can.

One thing I did was I bought extra soft tissues, because we kept wiping her little nose and it was getting a little raw. I also tried some of those cool tissues, which work pretty well. And even before her nose got chapped, I started putting baby Aquaphor on to help with the cracking.

Another thing that really helped was putting a towel under her mattress. We lifted up her entire mattress and put a rolled up towel under her head so that when she went to sleep she would be on an angle and wouldn’t get so stuffed up. Amelia’s pretty wiggly when she sleeps so in the morning she would be balled up at the very bottom of her bed from being on an angle haha, but I think it really helped regardless.

When Amelia was REALLY stuffed up, one of us would take her into the bathroom, shut the door, and turn the hot water on in the shower. The bathroom would get super humid and steamy, but it would clear her right up. Also, any time either of us showered, we would just bring her in there and put her on the bathroom floor in her Dockatot with a few toys to play with.

One thing we also paid attention to, was not laying her down on her back as often. I mean, with babies, they are constantly on their backs {until they learn to crawl and roll around of coarse}. But we made a point to have her sitting up in her high chair, putting her in her bumbo seat, or sitting up on the couch with us instead of putting her on the floor with toys. I know when I get sick, laying down is the worst position for that stuffy nose!

So those were all of the tips and tricks {and products} we used while Amelia was sick. They all really seemed to work for us and our little babe. Anything to ease our child’s pain even a little… mom’s will do it! Am I right?

Did you guys ever have a sick baby? It’s the worst, right? What tricks and/or products did you use? I would love to hear your stories!! Let me know in the comments below!

Shelb xoxo

 

Spring Must-Haves For Mama & Baby

Happy Spring!!!

It may not feel like spring yet for a lot of you, but I am SO looking forward to warmer weather. In Michigan, we had a few teaser spring days, and it got me super excited. Amelia and I spent those days outside playing all day. But those spring vibes got me feeling like I wasn’t prepared! Here are a few of my spring must-have’s for mama and baby.

Cute sunhat

I am LOVING this donut hat!! I think it’s adorable. I saw it on Jade Roper’s insta {my favorite girl from the bachelor} and I instantly ordered it for Amelia. Babies just have the softest, most sensitive skin and they definitely need a sunhat for those days spent outside this spring!

Sandals {for baby}

So. Many. Cute. Baby. Shoes!!! I got Amelia 3 pairs already. Someone needs to take my credit cards, because I will spend all my money on these cute shoes LOL…

I just about died when I saw these pink fuzzy slides, had to have.

These gold fringe sandals are super cute and will go with a lot of her outfits.

Then I also got these white flower jelly sandals because they will match everything in her closet.

The best part is that they were all under $10!! Why aren’t my shoes that cheap?

Sandals {for mama}

I am a personal believer in the phrase “treat yo self”… my wallet may not agree but, ya know.

So I’m all about treating myself to new shoes. But a lot of things have changed in the past year. Last year I was treating myself to Tory Burch sandals, and this year I’m looking for some comfier shoes!

I love these Birkenstocks because they’re super comfy, but they’re also fun and come in a bunch of fun colors.

I am a fan of comfort… but these espadrille wedges are to die.

Sunscreen

If it ever starts to get sunny and warm around here, we will be needing some sunscreen for that soft perfect skin.

I love everything from The Honest Company, so I picked up their sunscreen.

But I also got some sunscreen from Babyganics as well. I’ve heard great things about this brand so I’m excited to try it.

Backpack

I love my current diaper bag, but I’m dreaming of a backpack for the warmer days. I just can’t wait to run around all day and do all the fun warm weather adventures with Amelia. So I’m really wanting a good back pack diaper bag. These are a few of my favorites:

This Freshly Picked backpack is adorable. I love the black leather – functional & super cute!

This Chelsea Skip Hop backpack is the backpack version of my current diaper bag. Love it.

But this is my dream backpack. Lily Jade is so functional and SO darn cute! I follow them on insta and I’m always sending Neil all their stuff {dropping hints real hard} !! I love this because it can be worn as a backpack or over the shoulder. And is it really even a diaper bag? I can’t tell!

Baby carrier

If your babe is still small enough for a baby carrier, then these are so great for spring. I’ve only had the pleasure of wearing mine around the house, but once it gets a little nicer out and Amelia doesn’t need to be all bundled up, I can’t wait to wear her around outside. She loves being in it.

I bought this Ergo Baby cool air with breathable mesh for those warmer days.

I am SO looking forward to warmer weather! We can’t wait to spend time in our backyard grilling and going to the zoo and the park by our house!

What are your spring must-have’s?? What are you most excited to do in warmer weather?!

Let me know in the comments!

Shelb xoxo

Things that happen during {and after} pregnancy that you’ve never heard of

There are a lot of crazy things that happen to your body during and after pregnancy. As a first time mom, I had no idea just how many {and how weird} things would happen! Something weird would happen to me, and I would google “does being pregnant cause ______?” Sure enough, a bunch of threads would come up of other moms talking about how the same exact thing had happened to them. At least I wasn’t alone in my weirdness! Here are just a few of the weirdest things that happen during and after pregnancy that you’ve probably never heard of:

• Your eye sight changes

When you’re pregnant, you might hear your doctor mention that you shouldn’t head to the eye doctor to get a new prescription. When you’re pregnant, your eye sight changes. Sometimes pretty drastically. For me, the farther along I was in my pregnancy, the worse my eyes got. It got to a point where it was blurry when I watched tv or read words on my computer. The crazy part is… your eye sight changes, but your eye SHAPE changes as well! After a while, my contacts literally didn’t fit in my eyes anymore. But guess what? The second I gave birth, it all went back to normal. My eye sight and my eye shape!

• Your feet grow {and they don’t shrink back!}

My mom always told me that her feet grew bigger {about a half a shoe size} with each kid. I thought she was nuts. Low and behold, I got pregnant, and my feet grew. I have been a size 7 or 7.5 since I was in middle school, and now all of a sudden I’m a size 8! It’s actually tragic. Pretty much all of my shoes are too small on me now! Ugh 😦

• Crazy water cravings

Oh my god, the water cravings were SO real! During my first trimester, I would be running errands or out of the house, and if I didn’t bring a water with me, I would seriously regret it. Everyone gets thirsty sometimes… but this was on a whole other level. I would instantly get these insane urges to chug water. If I didn’t have water with me, I would literally leave where I was to go somewhere to get water and chug the whole thing. It was SO strange.

• You get restless legs

Have you ever gone to bed at night and realized you drank way too much caffeine before bed? You end up laying in bed tossing and turning all night. Having restless legs during pregnancy is 10x worse. My legs would be so restless, they would hurt. They would hurt so bad, that I would wake Neil up in the middle of the night and beg him to massage my legs. But I wouldn’t wake him up until I had already tried rubbing them myself, walking around the house a few times, doing squats next to my bed… literally anything. I would have done anything for that pain to go away so that I could just sleep!!

• You will loose all of your balance

Thinking about a big pregnant lady, it would make sense that she would loose her balance, growing a tiny human. But I started loosing my balance before I even realized I was pregnant! I remember telling Neil how clumsy I was being, and I didn’t know why. I would turn a corner in my house and not go wide enough and just run right into the door frame. I would go to set something on the counter, and I would miss the ledge and everything would fall on the floor. Honestly, I broke my foot while walking in a straight line in my first trimester. How does that even happen? I have no idea, but I blame it on my tiny human incubator body!

• You get mush for brains

I had never heard that saying until I was pregnant. I would forget to bring something to my moms house, and she would say “oh it’s that pregnancy brain!” I thought it was so silly, and actually quite annoying. I’m always really on top of things! I knew I was REALLY starting to loose it when one night I had a super pregnancy craving for some pizza. So Neil drove me up to the Jet’s by our house, and we came back out with the pizza, and I got in the passengers seat with my big pizza box in my lap in front of my big pregnant belly and looked over to see an older gentleman staring at me like I was crazy… I had literally gotten into the wrong truck!!! Just one of many stories I have from my mushy pregnancy brain! {But I’m 4 months postpartum and I swear it isn’t completely back to normal LOL}

• You loose A LOT of hair

Never in my life had I heard of postpartum hair loss. Was this a real thing? I love my thick blonde hair, so I was terrified that this would happen to me. They say around 3 months postpartum, your hair just starts falling out in chunks. So I was so happy when month 4 rolled around and my hair was still intact. Well… I got in the shower last week and my hair started falling out like crazy. Then when I got out of the shower and brushed my hair, a ton more came out. It hasn’t stopped falling out since! I’m so scared I’m going to get a bald spot like a lot of moms do. I seriously dread getting in the shower these days!

If you’re a mama, what crazy stuff happened to you during or after your pregnancy? I need to hear these stories!

If you’re not a mama yet… isn’t this stuff just nuts?! I’m a first time mom and I was in shock at all of the crazy weird things that happen!!

Leave me a comment below!

Shelb xoxo

Happy Easter!

Today we are wishing everyone a very happy Easter Sunday! We hope everyone has a joyous and love filled day! As for us, we are headed to church this morning, and going to my mom’s house later for an amazing Easter dinner! {Nana always goes all out with the holiday dinners}

This year is Amelia’s first Easter, and we’re so excited to show her what it’s all about!

Okay, now let’s get to the cute photoshoot… you won’t be disappointed with this one!!

 

Could this girl be any cuter? I think not.

She LOVED all the colorful eggs, and wanted to touch and feel each and every one!

Mama couldn’t fill her cute Easter basket with chocolate this year, so I figured I would fill it with something better… a cute naked baby LOL!

HAPPY EASTER!! 

Shelb xoxo

Amelia’s Nursery

Creating the perfect nursery was so important to me.

When I was pregnant, it felt like a way that I could connect to my growing baby. Since she wasn’t here yet, I couldn’t do anything for her. So it was important to me that she had a warm and welcoming nursery to come home to. That was something that I could do for her.

Here’s a picture of her empty room, while we were painting. This was also before we put carpet down and got new blackout blinds. {Our whole house has the original hardwood floors from when it was built, but we wanted carpeting in the bedrooms… especially for when Amelia starts crawling!}

Neil and I were so excited to pick out her furniture. We did our registry through Babies R Us because of the perks they had for money back afterwards, so we went there to look at furniture. I knew I wanted all white, and we found this adorable set that we both loved. It’s all convertible, which is what we wanted. The crib can change from a crib to a toddler bed, and then eventually, into a double bed. The dresser has a changing table topper on it, which can be easily taken off once she gets older!

 

 

Creating this nursery was so fun for me and I love the way that it turned out!

I also have to mention that I could not have done it without the help of my mama / Amelia’s nana! She went shopping with me so many times to help pick out all of the perfect pieces!!

Below I have links to some of the stuff we got!!

Oxford Harlow Nursery Furniture

Best Chairs Finley Swivel Glider

Hatch Changing Pad

Ubbi Diaper Pail

Wall Name Plaque

Chandelier

Ceiling medallion {we painted it pink!}

Wall shelves

Closet Cubes & Bins

If you guys have any questions about where we got anything else, just let me know in the comments below!

How To Get Your Baby To Sleep Through The Night

Over the past 4 months, my fiancé and I have learned a lot. But the most important lesson we have learned is that sleep is our #1 priority. No one is happy when they don’t get a good nights sleep. We learned this very quickly, and so we were determined to get a good nights sleep every night. By the time Amelia was 5 weeks old, we had her sleeping 10-12 hours through the night.

Once Amelia was gaining weight properly, and we felt we could let her sleep through the night without a feeding, we started strategizing. First things first, we needed a good swaddle. The receiving blankets weren’t cutting it. We actually received a Halo Sleepsack Swaddle from the hospital I delivered at. I swear by that thing. It doesn’t even compare to the other brands that are a little less expensive that I had. Next, and most importantly in my books, is the Dockatot. We heard so many good things about these things and now I know why. It’s good for so much more than sleeping in, but when she is sleeping in it, it makes her feel so secure versus just being swaddled in an empty crib. Lastly, you need some good white noise. We actually use a really loud fan that blocks out all the noise. It’s great because when she naps during the day I don’t have to creep around on my tip toes LOL, that fan is the only thing she can hear.

Okay, so this is how our nightly routine goes…

First, I nurse Amelia at around 10/10:30pm for about 30 minutes, and she usually gets super sleepy.

Then Neil takes her, changes her diaper, and puts her in her swaddle {arms out} while I make her a bottle. Then Neil feeds her all the formula she wants until she falls asleep on the bottle. Then he puts her arms inside the swaddle and rocks her to sleep. It only takes about 5 minutes until she’s OUT {usually… sometimes it takes 30 minutes}. Then he puts her in the dockatot in her crib around 11:30pm. Sometimes, the second he puts her down, she wakes up, so he will actually pick up the whole dockatot {thank god for those handles} and rocks the entire dock back and forth in front of him and then gently sets it down inside the crib. Then Amelia doesn’t usually wake up until 10am! Sometimes she sleeps in until noon!! And at that point I’m waking her up.

We have been doing this entire routine since she was about 5 weeks old without a hitch. She has only ever woken up twice in the middle of the night since then {once when we were traveling and once when I switched her formula}. When we started Amelia on a night time routine, we really didn’t want to include bath time in our routine. I know it’s really popular, but it just seems like a lot of work and super time consuming to do a bath every single night. We didn’t want her to get dependent on needing a bath to be able to sleep at night. {But obviously, if that’s already part of your routine and it’s working… don’t change it!}

We are kind of waiting for the other foot to drop, because we have heard so many horror stories of people up at all hours of the night with their babies. I think we have a great routine and a lot of LUCK!

Amelia will be 4 months old tomorrow and we are praying she doesn’t have any of this sleep regression people are talking about!

Alright guys!! What are your tricks and routines to getting your littles to bed at night?

Leave me a comment below!

Shelb xoxo

8 Things No One Tells First Time Moms {And Dads}

1. You need to drink WAY more water than you think

Everyone should obviously be drinking lots of water, but new moms really need it – and a lot of it. Breastfeeding moms should be drinking at the very least a gallon of water every day. It’s really hard to keep up with. I have such a hard time remembering to. I like to fill my big Yeti right before every feeding and try to drink at all while I’m feeding her. It’s a lot harder to keep up with drinking enough water than you’d think!

2. Babies have really bad gas

When we first brought Amelia home, she had such bad gas. It would be so bad that she was crying because she was in so much pain from belly troubles. I would do everything to try and help her. What I found that helped best was laying her on her changing pad or on my bed and doing bicycle legs with her. She would be farting away! I also got in the habit of giving her a warm bath whenever she was struggling with gas. The warm water always helped to calm her down and I feel like it helped a lot with the gas as well.

3. Find yourself some one handed food

This is serious people!! Babies don’t like to be put down. And if they’re napping, they like to wake up right when you sit down with a plate of food. So think about some good foods that you can eat with one hand… or even prepare with one hand. Because when your baby is screaming and wants to eat or just be held, and you haven’t eaten all day, you’re going to need something quick and easy. Hummus is my go to. I like to eat it with red bell peppers or pretzel chips. I also did a lot of meal prepping. You can’t easily make a salad, or cut chicken, or do much of anything with one hand. So every night I make 1 or 2 already cut up and ready to go meals that I can grab out of the fridge. It helps SO much!

4. Use your stroller {and get a good one}

I find it SO much easier to take my stroller with me everywhere I go. It’s so much easier to grocery shop with my stroller instead of the grocery cart, because when you have an infant car seat it takes up the whole basket. It’s so important to have a big storage basket. I can even shop at Costco with my stroller {for the most part}.

5. You should hold off on washing all of your baby clothes

Oh my goodness, this was my biggest mistake. When I was pregnant, we got so much baby clothes for Amelia. I bought some, my mom bought some, we got a ton as gifts from friends, and every time we got something new, I would throw it in the wash. I had no idea that some babies don’t even ever fit into newborn size clothes and skip right into 3 months! Thank god Amelia was tiny because we had A LOT of newborn clothes. But I highly recommend not washing any of your baby clothes until right before your baby is going to wear them because you never know! I bought a few outfits for Amelia to wear around Christmas time and she didn’t end up fitting in any of them so now I have brand new clothes that I can’t return because I washed them. Oops!!

6. You will acquire a TON of baby blankets

I’m not even kidding, I think we have about 30 baby blankets. They’re all so cute and soft! I couldn’t help myself but buy a few before she was born and I think everyone felt the same way. So many people got us baby blankets. Muslin blankets, swaddle blankets, fuzzy blankets, hand made blankets… it’s out of hand how many we have. Plus, we do Amelia’s laundry so often that we end up using the same few blankets all the time!

7. Breastfeeding is hard

I could easily write a whole post on this {maybe I will!} but breastfeeding is so much harder than I could have ever imagined. Everyone said it was hard, but I just thought it would come naturally to me. I don’t think there’s a such thing as it “coming naturally”. It’s hard work to figure out what position works best for you and your baby, how to get them to latch properly, making sure they don’t fall asleep on you and end up hungry again in 20 minutes. The first few weeks after we brought Amelia home, I had legit bloody nipples. It’s no joke people.

8. You don’t need a diaper bag right away

I was so excited to use our cute new diaper bag. I had it packed and ready to go when I was about 7 months pregnant! So silly. The only thing we ever need while we’re out is a few diapers and wipes. We don’t usually leave the house with her for that long, so we never really have to feed her while we’re out, and there’s not much else she needs when she’s this little. So sometimes I will just throw some diapers and wipes into my purse. It’s just easier than carrying around a big diaper bag when we don’t need it!

Anyone else have any tips on things no one told you, that you would have liked to know?

Share in the comments!

Shelb xoxo

Valentine’s Day Photoshoot!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

Amelia was so happy this morning and I had so much fun taking a million pictures of her while she was kicking and talking to me. She doesn’t like to smile for the camera though. I can only get smiles if she doesn’t see the camera! What a little stink!

    

The last picture cracks me up! Photoshoot fails!!

Hope you guys have an amazing day!

Shelb xoxo

Postpartum Fashion

The hardest time for looking good and feeling good, for me at least, is after pregnancy. You were a huge human incubator for 9 months, and now you just gave birth and you are in an awkward phase. All of your friends and family want to come over and see the baby, and you want to look and feel good about yourself, but all of your pre-pregnancy clothes don’t fit yet and your maternity clothes are just too big. This is something that I never even thought about. During my last 3 months of postpartum recovery, I have come to find the BEST postpartum fashion staples that every mama should have in her closet.

First things first, leggings. All day, every day. Maternity leggings are the worst. I definitely didn’t want to keep wearing those postpartum. Some of the leggings I had pre-pregnancy were not high waisted enough, and after having a c-section I wanted ones that would completely cover my incision. So I found these Lululemon Align leggings. They are the greatest leggings in the world. They’re super high waisted, they’re really soft, and they’re thick and tight around your belly. I live in these leggings. They come in crop too!

Nursing tank tops are a must for breastfeeding moms. I love the Jessica Simpson nursing tank top. It has easy snap closures on either side and a shelf bra on the inside. I love that it’s cute and has lace around the top, too. Some nursing tanks that I’ve seen just aren’t cute. It’s also really soft and comfy so I end up sleeping in it sometimes, which is great. It also holds its shape really well, and doesn’t get stretched out easily. Everything you could ask for in a nursing tank, it has.

Twist front sweaters are my favorite postpartum staple. They’re comfy, they look good with a pair of leggings, and most importantly, the twist in the front is super flattering over your postpartum belly. These ones from Nordstrom are my favorite. {Plus they come in a ton of different colors!}

Every mama wants to feel sexy after giving birth. I love this black dress from Nordstrom. It’s thin and stretchy and it has ruching around the stomach. Pair it with a cute jacket or sweater and some heels and you’ll be feeling great!

Another great dress for post pregnancy. I love this dress because it comes in a ton of colors and can be so easily dressed up with heels or dressed down with a long sweater and some flats.

Let’s talk jeans. You can’t really wear them after a c-section. These jeans are amazing. They’re actually jeggings! They looks so much like real jeans {which is hard to find in a pair of jeggings} and they’re super comfortable and high waisted. So if you want to look put together, but also want to be comfy… these jeggings are where it’s at.

This wrap sweater is everything! I wore it so often right after my c-section. It’s so great because it completely covers your stomach with a drapey front. Right after I gave birth to Amelia, I wore a binder around my belly to hold my incision tight. The binder was kind of bulky and I loved that when I had to leave the house I could easily throw this sweater over my nursing tank and I was good to go!

I love these Steve Madden sneakers. They’re super cute and comfy. Best of all, they’re slip on’s! These are great during pregnancy {since you literally can’t bend over to put on a pair of shoes, lol}, but also after. If you have a c-section, these are a must. If you don’t, they’re still awesome because all mama’s are always rushing around and could use an easy and effortlessly cute slip on sneaker!

 

Okay ladies, I am ALWAYS shopping. I would love to share all of my great finds and deals with you, so let me know if you’re interested in a page on my website dedicated to my finds that I think all mama’s would love!

Let me know if there’s a piece of clothing you couldn’t live without postpartum! I love hearing from you guys!!

Shelb xoxo