--- title: "Two Things I Wrote for You This Week, Plus One Thing I Need to Say" id: "2152" type: "post" slug: "two-things-i-wrote-for-you-this-week-plus-one-thing-i-need-to-say" published_at: "2026-06-28T05:09:27+00:00" modified_at: "2026-08-28T08:02:41+00:00" url: "https://mumblog.org/two-things-i-wrote-for-you-this-week-plus-one-thing-i-need-to-say/" markdown_url: "https://mumblog.org/two-things-i-wrote-for-you-this-week-plus-one-thing-i-need-to-say.md" excerpt: "Hey there, beautiful mama. Two new pieces went up on Mumblog this week and I really hope you’ll find them useful — because I wrote both of them thinking specifically about you. The first one is about something I genuinely..." taxonomy_category: - "Parenting" --- # Two Things I Wrote for You This Week, Plus One Thing I Need to Say - June 28, 2026August 28, 2026 - [Lila Sjöberg](https://mumblog.org/author/lila/) - [Parenting](https://mumblog.org/category/parenting/) Originally published: May 18, 2026 Hey there, beautiful mama. Two new pieces went up on Mumblog this week and I really hope you’ll find them useful — because I wrote both of them thinking specifically about you. The first one is about something I genuinely struggled with after having kids: books. I used to read. Then I had children and books just vanished from my life. This piece is about how I got them back — without finding a single extra hour in my day. If you’ve been missing that version of yourself, this one’s for you. **→ [I Haven’t Sat Down to Read in Three Years. Here’s How I Still Finished 14 Books.](https://mumblog.org/i-havent-sat-down-to-read-in-three-years-heres-how-i-still-finished-14-books/)** The second one is for anyone who is pregnant or heading into baby shower season. A baby registry sounds simple until you’re staring at a list of 400 products at 9pm wondering what you actually need. I’ve done this twice. Here’s what I wish someone had told me before the first time. **→ [The Baby Registry Nobody Warned Me About — And Why I Wish They Had](https://mumblog.org/the-baby-registry-nobody-warned-me-about-and-why-i-wish-they-had/)** --- ## Something I Want to Be Honest About Here’s the thing. Mumblog is built on real talk — no fluff, no guilt, no pretending. So I’m not going to pretend about this either. Writing takes time. Research takes time. Two kids, a blog, and approximately three hours of sleep takes everything else. We don’t run much ads. We don’t take brand deals for things we wouldn’t actually use. 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