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Author Nae Staggs

Nae Staggs

First Time Mom

Nae is married mom raising her newborn daughter in Silver Spring, MD. She writes about the joys and challenges of being a new mom and adjusting to parenthood. She loves being a mom, because after watching all of her family and friends become parents, it's finally her turn to experience life's most precious blessing. When not writing for DFTM, Nae works as a children and family services consultant for government, private and non-profit agencies and organizations. A newlywed and new mom, Nae also blogs at I Choose the Sun.

Summer Inspired Baby Names

Nae Staggs
June 1, 2016
Baby, Getting/Being Pregnant, Mom-to-be, Raising a Baby
Dear Diary, If you're becoming a mom this summer, you don't have to look far for inspiration for baby names. Just look out the window! The bright sun, fragrant flowers and calming sea can spark ideas....

What I Learned the First Month of Motherhood

Nae Staggs
July 13, 2014
Baby, Health, Wellness & Religion, Mom, Raising a Baby
Dear Diary, No one and nothing can ever prepare you for the rewards or the challenges of motherhood. Not a class, book, relative or friend.  Surely I didn’t expect to be completely prepared but given my...

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Contact: Heather Hopson
Phone: 412-655-1908
Email: dearmomdiary@gmail.com
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My mother Malvane, sister Farah and daughter Caitlynn.
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