Rebecca Heid
My name is Rebecca Walden Miller Heid. I am married to Andrew Heid, a traveling production electrician who travels 90-percent of every normal (aka non-Covid shutdown) year. We have two beautiful daughters and are so very blessed in our lives, family, work, and health.
I love living in Chattanooga and making connections here for ourselves and our children. I look forward to sharing more of my family's journey with you! Let’s figure out this motherhood thing together!
Life With Gestational Diabetes {Part One}
I've been basking lately in the fact that this pregnancy was going much smoother than my last. With my four-year-old daughter's time in the tummy, I was Kate-Middleton-levels sick without the fancy private hospital....
Pregnant and Finally Allowing Myself to Like My Body
I doubt it will be any surprise to anyone who has read my posts before that I have a sincerely unhappy relationship with my body image. There are few times that I willingly take...
The Night Terror That Scared the Pants Off the Parents
It was a relatively normal night. Lillie fell asleep with her usual amount of fuss and fizzle before conking out. She was sandwiched between her daddy and me when it happened: our four-year-old had...
My Daughter Just Said her First Goodbye
I think we all remember the first goodbye in our lives. Some, like my daughter, are lucky enough that their loss is a beloved pet and not a friend or family member. Whatever level...
Behind Every Princess, There is a Brave Daddy/Prince
We get the looks alright: confused, charmed, captivated, and condescending. However, the looks float right over the tiara-wearing head of my little princess, who thinks hoop skirts and frilly fringes are everyday attire.
Behind her...
I Am So Thankful for My Village: Chattanooga
I hate to say it, but the first few years of motherhood for me were tough, to the point of being downright horrible. It had nothing to do with my wonderful, beautiful daughter --...
Struggling Not to Struggle
I'm struggling not to struggle right now as stressors pile up and affect how I interact with my preschooler.
I already have a difficult time parenting "in the moment" thanks to all the distractions of...
I Deserve My Picky Eater
"I know I deserve my picky four-year-old," I often find myself thinking as I'm struggling to pull together a meal that is healthier than Ritz crackers for my daughter.
I remind myself of the years...
Decoding Gift-Giving This Season
This is only our fourth Christmas as parents, so I reach December 25th wondering, as I stare at the wreckage of boxes and wrapping paper, how much is too much? Were the gifts I...
Maintaining The Holiday Presence When Parents Work
Some of my first memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas included me looking anxiously at the calendar six weeks before the big days, when my mom and dad's work schedules arrived, to see who would...