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January 27, 2021January 28, 2021theclosetmermaid

Hermione Roux birth story!

Our second child came into this world after much, (much) anticipation on January 11, 2021 weighing 7 lbs 6 oz; 19.5 inches long. Her name is Hermione Roux Mapes – and she is a dream! This is her entrance story: We had been preparing Goldie for months and months; I’d had false labor contractions intermittently […]

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December 9, 2020December 9, 2020theclosetmermaid

My thoughts on toddlerhood

The other day, I realized I’ve never really written specifically about my daughter, Goldie, but rather have reflected on my own experiences and sort of just mentioned her as I mused on motherhood. But the thing I’ve felt most acutely about transitioning from having a baby to living with a toddler (Goldie is 19 months) […]

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March 23, 2020January 28, 2021theclosetmermaid

Goldie’s Georgia nursery

Goldie’s nursery is by far and away my favorite room in our apartment. That might be mostly because I spent 9 months of pregnancy dreaming of all things baby, and a nursery is a huge part of that vision. However, due to some small (ahem) space constraints in our apartment in Hawaii, her “room” was […]

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July 23, 2019March 27, 2020theclosetmermaid

Postpartum – Part 2

  I know everyone’s postpartum and parenthood experience is different, and it could be that what I’ve described as mine in this series won’t resonate with anyone else. But I am so curious how it’s felt to other moms – because it is just so big and difficult to delineate. As for what postpartum looks like […]

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July 11, 2019March 27, 2020theclosetmermaid

My postpartum experience

Sitting down to publish a blog post about my postpartum experience as a first-time mom has taken me 12 weeks (nearly a fourth trimester!), and has coincided precisely and unsurprisingly with the first morning that I’ve awoken from a true full-night’s sleep since my daughter was born. She slept ‘through the night’ for the very […]

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May 2, 2019March 27, 2020theclosetmermaid

Birth Story!

Our baby girl is HERE! Marigold “Goldie” Lennox Mapes was born on April 17 at 10:39 a.m. She weighed 7 lbs, 2 oz and was 19 inches long. It was the most special, miraculous event of our lives, and a complete blur of overwhelming emotion. Here is Goldie’s story: I woke up around midnight on […]

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October 17, 2018March 29, 2019theclosetmermaid

Announcement: Baby in Bloom!!!

Surprise!!!!!!! We are so happy to announce that we have a baby in bloom, due April 2019! If you follow me on Instagram, you would’ve seen this announcement already – and on there I also disclosed that I was excited to share this stylized photo shoot, which captured the joy and beauty of such a […]

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