Hey loves, I wanted to share six must-haves for the new mom with you guys. When I had my baby, I was starting from ground zero on the knowledge of …6 Must-Haves for the New Mom
6 Must-Haves for the New Mom
Tag: mommy blog
5 Minute Breakfast Ideas for the Busy Mom
I am not now, nor have I ever been a breakfast person, but if I was, a 5 minute breakfast is exactly what I would be making. In fact, I used to fully hate having breakfast so much, I would dodge my mother in the mornings to avoid having breakfast or tea. She’d turn her [...]
Cleaning Favorites – The Jamaican Edition Pt 1
Hey guys! I thought I’d do something a little bit different with this blog and share household items and products I’ve been loving and using for some…Cleaning Favorites – The Jamaican Edition Pt 1
What It’s Really Like Being Married to a Doctor
Being married to a doctor is brutal. Even more so when said doctor is a resident. From the time my husband and I started dating, his professional path was something that I took honest consideration about, among other things. Not to be a brat, but as someone who was a student nurse myself once upon [...]
Virtual Social
Hey, WordPress clan. I thought we might try having a social tonight. If you are among the members of my blog’s community, I’d like to get to know you better. I’m Shandean. I’m a toddler mom, the wife of perpetually tired resident, writer and entrepreneur trying to figure it all out. Follow me on Instagram [...]
Am I Addicted to Caffeine?
By ‘I’ I mean we, as in my husband and I. I want some of the good coffee you guys have down here. That's what a friend of mine who lives up the street says when he jokes about wanting some coffee when he comes by. He will get some sometimes, but other times refuse [...]
What It’s Really Like Working From Home With a Toddler
I have been working from home with a toddler since 2017. For most people, Covid 19 and the resulting work from home order sent parents into a tailspin. Even for people who work from home with older children, they're used to being able to send that child off to school or daycare, even if it's [...]
My HONEST Two Year Copper IUD Experience | Side Effects | Post-Pregnancy Family Planning
Today is Mother’s Day
By now, I've been awake for a few hours. Yesterday was Mother's Day and if we're being honest, I spent it in bed. All of it. Right there is where my husband brought me coffee, showed me my gift and later brought me dinner. I roamed Netflix, social media every now and again and barely [...]
This Shift is Permanent. ‘The Great Pause’.
Many of us dream of things going back to the way they were before, but do we understand that whatever is there waiting for us on the other side of SARS-CoV-2 is not like it was before? A time when "The Great Pause" of a world perpetually on the move will be thing present only [...]
How to Bake Bread!
*Read this in black and white with some sad music from the past* There was a girl, who once could not bake. She had made a few attempts at cakes, but they always end up lopsided and/or burnt. *Dramatically lifts veil* Then entered the coronavirus. And you know that trying to shop for longer periods [...]
Hubby Guest Post: First Time They Travel Without… Me
I published blog post this morning about flying solo with my daughter, and my husband wanted to share his side.
First Time Flying Solo with my Toddler
The other day, the need arose for Sio and I to travel alone. Up until that time, we traveled as a family. My husband was a tad concerned, asking numerous times if I was sure I'd be okay mostly because our child is frisskkyy!
Becoming Mother: Three Years A Mum
To accurately describe the still very young journey of motherhood that I’m on is to fail, and do so miserably. What I can say, is that although I remember life before my nugget, it strangely seems she has always been here. Maybe it’s her energy that was here, helping us to love her even when [...]
Royal DeCameron Club Caribbean Resort Review
Hey guys! As you know the Libra weekend celebrations in the Reid household are now a thing every second week in October. This year, we spent our weekend at Royal Decameron Club Caribbean Resort in Runaway Bay, Jamaica. I chose this hotel for three reasons; Lobby Entrance We really liked Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach. The [...]
Daily Reids VlogBlog 1: Random Family Life Update
Hey, guysss! It’s Q4 already. The final quarter or 2019. I hate to say it, but I’ve found myself in a dry patch where blog posts are concerned. I am at a loss with topics and though I try not to ‘post just to post’, that’s exactly what I’m doing right now and I have [...]
Note To Self & Other Moms; Learn First Aid!
This morning as I had my coffee, I came across a video on Facebook where a twelve day old new born stopped breathing. The police stopped the speeding car and successfully revived the child and kept her breathing until paramedics arrived. I cried through the video. the mom looked like a new mom and I [...]
Karma Wins. I am my child’s mother.
Hey guys, Today I asked my Instagram Followers for a prompt to write a short story for the Fiction category on my blog. Well, the votes are in, and here goes. This is what I can up with in an hour... What do you think? Her face scrunched as she expelled all the contents of [...]
The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution Review
Hey guys! This is a review of The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution. It's a chemical peel by The Ordinary company. So you guys know my skin’s been doing the most, right? Manual exfoliation has been too much on my skin so I’m now using this peeling solution. It's The AHA 30% [...]
Life Update + Triple Peak Challenge
Hey, guys! I can't believe that 2019 is more than half way through, even if only by two weeks. I've been meaning to write this blog for a week now, and not surprisingly, it's at 2am while I'm strung out and tired that I'm getting the chance. If nothing else, I've prided myself on being [...]
Siobhàn Is TWO!
2 Years Old On October 13, 2018, my angel turned two years old. Can you believe it? How we got here so fast, I will never know. It's a wonder I didn't bawl like I did when she turned one. My beautiful, sweet, happy, smart child. I am so proud of her. I walk around [...]
My Struggle With Ovarian Cysts
Have you even had an ovarian cyst rupture or slow leak? I've been struggling with themleaking and rupturing for a while now. I posted a video on my Instagram teasing about a possible pregnancy some weeks ago. After a flurry of messages in my inbox, I came clean. I wasn't (am not) pregnant at all. [...]
Baby Reid No.2?
These last few weeks, watching Siobhán grow like a weed and immersing myself completely in the experience of being her mom, I've been hit with an unexpected conundrum, baby fever. I feel it wash through me everytime I look at my child, or see one younger than her. I look at her baby pictured wrought with [...]
Siobhán Update – 18 (20) Months Old
I cannot believe how fast this time is going! Then again, I can believe it. When I watch my once mild tempered child catch an attitude and lash out in 0.0001 seconds flat, I can believe it. She is not here to play bruh. Talking She is talking. Well, as clearly as a child of [...]
Life & Marriage Update
Hey, guys! I know you can tell I have not been around WordPress as much as we would like, but you also know why. My book launch is drawing nigh and I really am just trying to stay afloat with everything. Between Siobhán, my book, the launch and making some family moves, I'm wishing there was [...]