Meet Dr. B
A first-time mom of twin girls at the age of 40! And now, a mother of 4!
My Blog
I began my journey into motherhood at the age of 40. I quickly discovered that starting motherhood later in life was a lonely place. The truth is that I had very little in common with other mothers who had children my girls’ age, and that has not changed over time. It was apparent that mothers in my situation need a place they can find honesty, a place where perfection is not required, a place where you don’t need to feel alone. If you were looking for that place, you have found it!
163: Purposeful Parenting: Setting Yourself Up for Easier Teen Years
So, the teen years, am I right? I tell you, we just started, this is our first year. And it's not fun. Not fun at all. And I started thinking a lot about it because when we had the girls, we took a very different perspective than I think a lot of young parents do,...
162: What the f#@?! What is Happening to My Body?
Welcome, Mamma Crew, to another chaotic, exciting, but always beautiful day of an older mom like you! Except for today. Today sucks! Okay? Why do I say it sucks? Because my body is changing! Man, I don't know what happened. I woke up one day, and the makeup on my face...
161: The NICU Split!
Welcome, Mamma Crew, to another chaotic, exciting, but always beautiful day of an older mom like you! So, today I'm going to talk to you about one of the early days, the NICU Split. “What is the NICU split?” you might ask yourself. Well, it's when you are a mom of...
160: Disconnecting from my Pregnancy
Welcome, Mamma Crew, to another chaotic, exciting, but always beautiful day of an older mother like you! So, today I had planned on speaking to you about something completely different, but I woke up in a funky mood, right? I think it was a Facebook post I read...
159: The Big Change!
Welcome, Mamma Crew, to another chaotic, exciting, but always beautiful day of an older mom like you! So, today I want to talk to you about Dora. When Dora came to live with us, we truly underestimated the challenges before. We thought she had spent time in our home...
158: Getting Through the Early Years’ Exhaustion
Welcome, Mamma Crew, to another episode to talk about our chaotic, exciting, but always beautiful lives as older moms. So, I was looking at some of the Older mom Facebook groups, there's not a lot but there's a few. And there was a mom who was talking about feeling...
157: No longer hiding! You can now find me on Youtube!
Welcome, Mamma Crew, to another chaotic, exciting, but always beautiful day of an older mom like you! Except when you begin at 5:30 in the morning, it doesn’t feel so beautiful or hot. So, today is a special day, because I'm no longer hiding from YouTube. What does...
156: Nanny Hell, Part 2
Welcome, Mamma Crew, to another busy, chaotic, challenging, and exciting but always beautiful day of an older mom like you! So for the last couple of episodes, I have been talking about the challenges that we as a family encountered with daycare when the girls were...
155: Daycare Hell
Welcome Mamma Crew, to another busy, chaotic, challenging, exciting and a beautiful day of an older mom like you. So, if you heard last week's episode, you know about some of our family's horror stories about nannies. And today, I'm going to be talking to you about...
