FROM: STELLA

TO: LAURA

1. I’ve been eating lots of oatmeal lately since it promotes breastmilk production. My current favorite combination is lightly toasted pecans (just put them on a hot pan for a few minutes), blueberries and brown sugar – YUM! Throwback to this old post that we wrote all about oatmeal and Laura’s post on lactation muffins.
2. My new favorite grocery hack is utilizing Walmart grocery pick up. It’s a lifesaver with a new baby! I can pick out everything via the app and then my husband picks up after work. It’s a huge time saver and I love that I get a fully stocked fridge and my husband can still make it home on time to see the baby before bedtime!
3. I’ve been binging Power, it’s very much worth the Starz subscription. Not the best show to watch while breastfeeding/with a sleeping baby (it’s quite loud) but I love my Roku iPhone app that lets me listen via headphones to the TV.
4. I was very excited to see this news story from my home state (North Carolina) about teaching personal finance in schools. I think financial literacy is so key in solving our country’s debt problems. Along the same lines, I can’t wait for this free personal finance course to launch next week!

FROM: LAURA

TO: STELLA

1. This was our first week of daycare for Baby Ernie and it was quite the whirlwind! So far I’m a big fan of these self-laminating labels for bottles and food containers and these clothing labels (side note: I love that L.L. Bean wants you to hand clothes down and makes that visible in their own labels!). I also recently grabbed extra sheets and an extra sleepsack to send with him.
2. This is small and I think I already included it in an It’s A Thing previously, but I am super in love with these spiral/phone cord hair ties. They’ve definitely upped my ponytail and bun game in a big way!
3. I’m hoping to get some time in the long holiday weekend to make I’d Rather Be Meryl’s savory skillet scones. I’ve been drooling over the recipe for weeks now.
4. Last week when I was still in New Hampshire but after my husband had left early to return to work, my mother babysat for an evening while I took myself out to a movie and saw Little Women. I loved the 1994 version as a kid, and this revival did not disappoint. Especially have loved all the content around it!
5. What a cool and different way to visualize the world!