My name is Lauren Hartman, I am almost 32 years old, and my daughter’s name is Ryann. When I found out that I was pregnant in November of 2023 I knew that my whole life was about to change! I had never been a mom and of course had no idea what I was doing!

I am and always have been an academic person. I read, and read, and read. I research and I compare and I analyze and like most people, I use the information that I find to try to make the best decisions that I can. This page isn’t designed to sell you anything or to sway you in one direction or another. Take what you need, leave what you don’t!

Pregnancy immediately became to focus of my research, and then child birth, and then developmental milestones, and then starting solids, and so on and so forth.

As each new chapter started, I tried my best to keep up! To give myself the best possible understanding of how to move through all of these new stages and give my daughter the best possible chance at success… it’s what we all try to do as mother’s in whatever way we know how!

I started this page merely to share what I’ve learned, what I I found to have worked, what I would change, and in reflection, what helped and what didn’t. I link items I found helpful, books and articles that I found informative, highlights of information that was beneficial to me in some way. The stories are raw and real- funny, scary, happy, sad- you name it. Motherhood involves an array of emotions and you’ll find them all in my blog posts. Happy reading!