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Verastic

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The Pressure For Baby Number 2 Is On!

The Pressure For Baby Number 2 Is On!

I don't care what anyone says oh, but I still refer to myself as a new mom. Ada Verastic might be popping her own baby out before I stop referring to myself as a new mom. I cannot speak for all moms, but for me, I feel like I just had a baby. I know it's a whole year - 13 months - later, but it does not feel like it's been that long since Ada Verastic came. That being said, the pressure is on for Baby Number 2. Or if things go my way, we'll be talking about Baby Number 2 and Baby Number 3. Read More

12 Times I Proved To Be A First-Time Parent

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As I type this post right now, we are still in Los Angeles for the BlogHer16 conference, and this is the first time since we got here (on Thursday, August 4th) that I'm touching my computer. Between Southwest Airlines losing my luggage and me working here at the conference, I have been mega busy. Also, the three-hour time difference between L.A. and Baltimore is really messing with me. Anyway, as you know, I became a parent in October last year, and looking back now, I can count at least 12 Read More

So … We Rushed Ada Verastic To The Emergency

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My people, I almost had a heart attack. Let me tell you what happened! It was before Igwe traveled to Nigeria for a couple of weeks. On the night it happened, Igwe and Ada Verastic went to bed at about the same time, while I stayed up in the living room writing. It was past 1:00 AM, and I had just shut down my laptop when Igwe came out to the living room with Ada Verastic. He said she had woken up crying, so I told him to go back to bed while I fed her. I warmed her milk and attempted to feed Read More

Will Your Body Be Back To What It Was Before Pregnancy?

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That's an expensive question, and I don't really know the answer. In my experience, I though I knew more about motherhood before I became a mother. That's because before I became a mom, I thought I knew so much and understood so much. The reality, however, is that until you actually become a mom, you just cannot know what it feels like or what challenges you may face. Sure, you may say (like me) that you took care of or spent a lot of time with [insert random baby relative here]. In my case, it Read More

Finally! The Video Of My Listen To Your Mother Reading

Listen To Your Mother Baltimore - Verastic

I've been looking forward to sharing the video of my Listen To Your Mother performance. It was in April of this year that I got the honor of reading about my mommy. The videos were supposed to be released last week, but due to all the violence (Alton Sterling, Philandro Cantille. and the cops in Dallas), they decided to hold off on releasing them. My piece was a humor piece about my mommy, called My Mommy Said. I was so happy that the audience found the humor in my piece; they laughed in all Read More

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