by Lauren Cosenza | Jun 22, 2020 | Baby, Motherhood, theLETTUCES
MAMA’S BOY 💙 It’s a pajamas all day kind of day. A hot humid lazy summer day. When self-care is *maybe* gonna include washing my hair and throwing on some much-needed sunscreen and bio oil and lip balm. Maybe. Right now I’m thinking about how I’m going to be able to...
by Lauren Cosenza | Jun 11, 2020 | Baby, Motherhood, theLETTUCES
So how are you doing? How are you feeling?? She asks with smiling eyes. (All I can see of her face since we are both in masks.) It’s a loaded question and I don’t even know where to start. My mind rewinds…..Two back to back miscarriages. Pregnancy after loss....
by Lauren Cosenza | Jun 10, 2020 | Baby, Motherhood, theLETTUCES
I always love other people’s professional maternity pictures and family portraits. But for us they just seem too formal or polished or posed. Doesn’t exactly fit us. Or at least now. (Never say never!) I also have an issue with someone else owning (the...
by Lauren Cosenza | May 13, 2020 | Baby, Motherhood, theLETTUCES
We did initial fertility testing at NYU but we were already pregnant. We made the appointment with a highly recommended reproductive endocrinologist right after my second miscarriage, and didn’t think we would be pregnant prior to the first consultation and testing....
by Lauren Cosenza | May 11, 2020 | Baby, Motherhood, theLETTUCES
937 days of being a mama to my little boy. 171 days of growing my little girl. Some days we can’t wait to finally make it to bath and bedtime (when we all pass out!). And some days I want to last forever — to remember forever — as they slip through my fingertips and...
