Spanish with Dominique

Living in our little newborn bubble 🫧

Adrian (Adi for short) couldn’t wait to meet us. He made his grand entrance at 39 weeks in a spotnanours 8-hour labor and just 9 pushes!

And he is just about the sweetest thing ever 🥹 - there is nothing better in this world than his newborn coos and his delicious newborn smell.

Breastfeeding has been a learning curve for both mama and baby but I think we are finally getting the hang of it.

We had a scare over the weekend that landed us at Dell Children’s Hospital 💔 but we were able to get him on antibiotics to clear up the infection. He was such a trooper through it all!

My postpartum journey has been up and down, but mostly up. Sunshine, short walks with the dogs and getting a few hours to myself outside of the house helps a lot.

I’ve got the dream team around me right now with Enrique and my mom who are all stepping up to love on this sweet boy every moment that I can’t - plus cooking and cleaning and checking in on me.

It’s so true what they say that having a child is like having your heart walking around outside your body. I’m so in love with my little family ❤️

P.S. We’ve decided that won’t be sharing any photos of little man’s face (the internet is a weird place right now). BUT, I’ll confirm that he looks just like his daddy 😉

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ESPAÑOL

En nuestra burbujita de recién nacido 🫧

Adrián (Adi de cariño) ya tenía muchísimas ganas de conocernos. Llegó al mundo a las 39 semanas después de un parto espontáneo de solo 8 horas… ¡y apenas 9 pujidos!

Y de verdad Adi es lo más dulce del mundo 🥹 No hay nada mejor que sus soniditos de recién nacido y ese olorcito delicioso a bebé.

Dar el pecho ha sido todo un proceso de aprendizaje tanto para mamá como para bebé, pero siento que por fin le estamos agarrando la onda.

Este fin de semana nos llevamos un gran susto y terminamos en el Dell Children’s Hospital 💔 pero por suerte pudieron darle antibióticos para tratar la infección. ¡Todo un campeón nuestro chiquito!

Mi recuperación posparto ha tenido sus días buenos y difíciles, aunque la mayoría han sido buenos. El sol, salir a caminar un ratito con las perritas y tener aunque sea unas horas para mí fuera de casa me ayuda muchísimo.

Ahorita tengo al mejor equipo a mi lado: Enrique y mi mamá se han desvivido por consentir y cuidar a este niño hermoso cada segundo que yo no puedo, además de cocinar, limpiar y estar siempre pendientes de mí.

Es cierto eso de que tener un hijo es como tener el corazón caminando fuera de tu cuerpo. Estoy profundamente enamorada de mi pequeña familia ❤️

P.D. Decidimos que no vamos a compartir fotos de la carita del pequeñín (el internet está muy raro hoy en día 😅). Pero sí les puedo confirmar que salió igualito a su papá 😉

There’s so much good Spanish content on YouTube right now.

But depending on your level, watching neverending videos is probably not moving you forward in the way you think it is.

What I’ve noticed is this:

Beginners can make a lot of progress with YouTube as long as they have some structure alongside it

Intermediate learners get the most value from it but also fall into the biggest trap if they aren’t careful

And advanced learners? Most of them have already outgrown it without realizing it

That middle stage is where people tend to get stuck the longest. Because they end up spending a lot of time just consuming instead of building the skills that lead to fluency.

So I sat down and put together a comprehensive guide for you.

Not just a list of channels but an honest breakdown of how to think about YouTube at each stage, and what to do instead (or alongside it) so you actually keep progressing.

You can read it here 👇🏼

Best YouTube Channels to Learn Spanish in 2026: | Spanish with Dominique The best YouTube channels to learn Spanish in 2026, recommended by a Spanish coach. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced resources, plus what to watch on Netflix when YouTube isn't enough.

April photo dump 📸

We’ve been in nesting mode getting everything ready for baby, including the nursery!

This second half of the 3rd trimester has been, by far, the most challenging 😮‍💨

The growing belly and just extra weight in general is causing me all sorts of sciatica pain which has made walking painful 😔

Trust me, I’ve been doing all the things - Webster chiropractic adjustments, physical therapy, massage, yoga … but what helps the most? Rest. And staying off my feet which is haarrd for this active girl.

My sleep has gotten worse and worse. It can be hard to find a comfortable position, plus I’m up at least 3-4 times a night to 💦 It’s crazy how the body starts preparing you for life with a newborn!

It feels like all physical tasks take me twice as long … I often have to stop to catch my breath or lie down for 30 minutes to recharge my batteries.

Apparently, the third trimester is comparable to running a 40-week marathon because your body is operating at 2.2 times its resting metabolic rate, similar to elite endurance athletes 😮

Well no wonder I feel pooped!

BUT this little man is healthy and happy kicking his little legs and rolling around in my belly all day long and so, I try not to complain … well, not too much 😬

My OB visit has been “boring” (in a good way!) because everything from my sonograms to weekly urine screenings to routine testing to blood pressure checks have been 100% normal.

How about THAT for a “geriatric” pregnancy!? 😉

35 weeks today and I’m flooded with gratitude 🥹

Gratitude that we made it this far.

Gratitude to my body and all it’s done to grow this little human being, manita por manita.

Gratitude for the modern medical advancements that made this pregnancy possible when I struggled for so long with infertility.

There are two things in this life I knew I was born to be:

An entrepreneur and...

a mother.

And for a long time I grieved that fact that the latter may not be in the cards for me.

But now… here I am, on the edge of this next chapter.

First, though, I want to soak up these final few weeks (maybe days!) of carrying this little miracle 💓

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Hoy llego a las 35 semanas y me siento profundamente agradecida 🥹

Agradecida por haber llegado hasta aquí.

Agradecida por mi cuerpo y con todo lo que ha hecho para formar a este pequeño ser humano, manita por manita.

Agradecida por los avances médicos que hicieron posible este embarazo, después de haber luchado durante tanto tiempo con la infertilidad.

Hay dos cosas en esta vida que siempre supe que estaba destinada a ser:

emprendedora y…

mamá.

Y durante mucho tiempo viví con el dolor de pensar que quizá esta última no iba a ser parte de mi camino.

Y ahora… aquí estoy, al borde de esta nueva etapa.

Pero primero, quiero disfrutar y saborear estas últimas semanas (¿o quizá días?) con este pequeño milagro creciendo dentro de mí 💓