Hannah York
Bio
On 06/14/2016, my cousin committed suicide, and there were a lot of unanswered questions. After that, I decided that I didn't want to leave anything unanswered, so this page is a place for me to write anything and everything on my mind.
Stories (54/0)
- Top Story - January 2024
2023:Top Story - January 2024
I know I say this every year, but 2023 was a year full of a lot of change for my little family. I started the year off barely working one job and being a full time mom. Ben was working two jobs, and we were living in a pretty awful place. We had a still pretty new baby, and we were still mostly struggling through our days, trying to figure out how to be parents.
By Hannah York 4 months ago in Families
Cheers to New Ventures
Just a couple of weeks ago, my husband and I didn't know how we were going to pay all of our bills. We were in a situation where we were trying to figure out what bills we could put off, or what we could sell in the house to make a couple of extra bucks to pay something. I was trying to take out a loan, but I only work part time, so I couldn't get approved for any. On top of that, my student loans are unfrozen, so that's another bill that was added. Needless to say, I've had a couple meltdowns thinking/talking about our finances. I wasn't sleeping, and all I could think about during the day was what I could do to make some money so that we could survive.
By Hannah York 5 months ago in Journal
Controversial things I do as a first time mom:
I am a first time mom to a sassy, fierce, beautiful 7 month old. She is the best part of my world, and I can already tell that she’s going to change the world one day. She knows exactly what she wants, and she doesn’t accept anything less than that. As frustrating as that is right now as her mom, I love that for her.
By Hannah York 12 months ago in Families
“You’ve got a bright future ahead of you.”
Once upon a time (5 years ago), I worked at Mount Everest at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. I had wanted to take part in the Disney College Program for years, and I finally got accepted right before my last semester of college. So, like any other sane college student, I decided to hold off graduation for a semester (which turned into a year) to go work at Disney. And it turned out to be one of the most life changing decisions I ever made.
By Hannah York 12 months ago in Humans
Maybe, just maybe
Every night at midnight, the purple clouds came out to dance with the blushing sky. She should have been asleep hours ago. She was NOT a night person, and now her morning workout would get thrown off. But how could she say no to an SOS from her best friend? That wouldn’t be a very good best friend thing to do, even if it was just to drink wine as she cried over some guy she’d gone on like, 2 dates with.
By Hannah York about a year ago in Motivation
Baby sleep
Not even 24 hours after writing my last article, it got harder. I’m writing this at 5:30am. I’ve been awake for 2 hours with my daughter who, until tonight, has mostly slept through the night; only waking to comfort nurse or actually eat. But at 3:30 this morning, she decided it was time to wake up. After rocking, bouncing, and pacing with her for an hour and a half, only to get a couple yawns and then some babbling, I conceded defeat and made a barrier in the bed and laid back down. But I won’t sleep again. We’re up for the day, and I have 16+ more hours until I can even THINK about sleeping again.
By Hannah York about a year ago in Families
Week 0 as a stay at home mom:
It’s turning into one of those days today. I’m sitting with my daughter in her room watching her play, all while wondering if I’m doing enough as her mom. Am I playing with her enough? Am I feeding her enough? Am I teaching her enough? She’s not in daycare, so am I socializing her enough? She used to roll over, and now she isn’t very much, so am I giving her enough floor time or tummy time?
By Hannah York about a year ago in Families
PPD/PPA
Being new parents is no joke. My husband and I knew it would be an adjustment, but our high needs baby has completely rocked our world for the last 20 weeks. She won’t take a bottle, she doesn’t like eating her purées too much for anyone besides mom, she needs significant help falling asleep for naps and bedtime alike, and she has no pattern/routine, despite our numerous attempts to get her on one. It’s Sloane’s world, and we just live in it.
By Hannah York about a year ago in Families
It’s just a rough week
This week has been tough. My daughter has decided that naps are the worst thing in the world. But then she gets overtired and super fussy and cranky, and her cortisol levels are way too high, so she refuses naps even more. It’s a vicious cycle that my husband and I are desperately trying to break, because this week was supposed to be focused on getting her to sleep independently. Well, independent sleep can’t exactly happen when sleep isn’t happening.
By Hannah York about a year ago in Families
Being a mom
Being a mom is both the best thing about me and the hardest thing I’ve ever done. My daughter is 7 weeks old, and I love her more than anything in the world. But the newborn phase is not all sunshine and rainbows. Nobody talks about the tough parts, or the parts that almost break you. No one mentions the many times a day you question your ability to be a mom. Nobody brings up your lonely and isolating it can be once things calm down and people stop checking in and visiting. I wasn’t warned about any of that.
By Hannah York about a year ago in Families
