Category: Wellness
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Every year as I lead up to my birthday my favourite tradition has become to sit and reflect on the year that has passed. Now that I spend most of my time running after our toddler I don’t seem to find half as much time through the year as I used to for introspection, so…
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Early motherhood, especially if it’s your first child, is a time like no other. It’s one of those rare moments when you can consciously anticipate that overnight your entire life will change, yet you are still unable to prepare yourself for it as you just don’t quite know what it will feel like until you’re…
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I’m back! For those that may (or may not) have noticed I took somewhat of a blogging hiatus over the past few months. After returning back to work post-maternity leave I just couldn’t seem to find the time for Someplace Wilder. Whenever I use this phrase, “couldn’t find the time”, there’s a voice in the…
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The first three months after giving birth are often referred to as the fourth trimester; a time where your baby is adjusting to life outside of the womb and you, the mother, are healing, connecting, and finding your feet in what sometimes feels like an entirely new world. The fourth trimester is magical, raw, exhausting,…
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So many people have asked how I felt as I approached my thirtieth birthday. I think most expect you to feel mildly panicked at the thought of exiting your twenties, as if the big 30 resembles a list of things you feel you should have done and become already. I know when I was growing…
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It’s a Saturday afternoon and I have a million things I need to get done. But I’m lying on the couch holding Travis while he sleeps, an unusually long sleep for my chronic cat-napper. I could go put him down in his crib but I don’t want to. I want to sit here and hold…
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I’m currently writing this post on my cellphone (a first for me), Travis asleep in my arms not wanting to be put down after getting his 10 week vaccinations this morning. I’m surrendering to the fact that I might not find a gap to sit and write this on my laptop, and if I don’t…
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We’re slowly moving out of the newborn phase and looking back at those first few weeks, I cant believe how much easier it’s all gotten. I have such compassion looking back at my little family as we tried to navigate the unknown when we brought Travis home – Kyle and I trying to find our…
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One month in already and time has gone by in a blur. My baby is not my little puffy newborn anymore, his squishy face now perfect, tiny features that I spend a significant portion of my day staring at. He’s already outgrown some of his newborn clothes, and I find my arms starting to ache…
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Packing your hospital bag ahead of having your baby is one of those tasks that bring home the magnitude of what is about to happen. I remember starting to pack mine at around 35 weeks pregnant and feeling completely overwhelmed at the realization that in a few weeks’ time we’d be bringing home a tiny…