The Hood. The Sisterhood.
Oh January, I crave you all year long. I love a fresh start, and January is it. Every. Single. Year. The minute Christmas is over I am...
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Nicki.is.Essential
- Nov 5, 2020
- 5 min
Choosing the *Perfect* Pediatrician
Do you remember your Pediatrician from childhood? I do. And when the time came to choose one for my first child, I knew exactly what I...
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Nicki.is.Essential
- Oct 27, 2020
- 4 min
A puppy called Bunny
My husband started sending me pictures of puppies from adoption websites a couple of months ago. I ignored them at first, but then he...
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Nicki.is.Essential
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
Lactation cookies and other lies.
Call it a myth, call it a lie. Maybe some are excuses. I'm going to give you more than cookies, and I'm going to do it in list form....
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Nicki.is.Essential
- Sep 11, 2020
- 2 min
Little Victories
Are all the kids back to school now? Virtual or in person... they are somewhat entertained even if it's at the kitchen table and they're...
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Nicki.is.Essential
- Aug 30, 2020
- 4 min
Asking for help
One of the hardest things to hear in this line of work is " I wish I knew you back when I was breastfeeding". Oh man, that's a tough one....
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Nicki.is.Essential
- Aug 26, 2020
- 6 min
That time I failed at breastfeeding...
Have you ever failed at something? Something you can admit to? Or maybe it's something you'll NEVER admit to. There is a thing in my...
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Nicki.is.Essential
- Aug 20, 2020
- 4 min
Set a goal, and run with it.
Y'all, my knees were killing me. And it made me think that I should stop running for a minute. And that made my heart hurt. Running has...
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Nicki.is.Essential
- Jul 20, 2020
- 4 min
The mom behind the milk...
If you know me already and you're reading this, then thanks for checking in to see what interesting and (hopefully) funny and inspiring...
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