Seven years, 84 months, 2,555 days, 61,320 hours, 3,679,200 minutes and 220,752,000 seconds – this is exactly how long I have been a mother (but who’s counting?). With a resume like this, I should have all the confidence in...
Growing up it was my older sister, my parents, and me. My mom cooked and we ate, it was that simple. If she cooked something and we didn't like it we had two options; not eat or make something...
My daughter (now 16 months) has never been an amazing nighttime sleeper. But, in the last three months, she's gone from "not amazing" to some sort of advanced level of torture. My husband and I have been up for...
I don’t remember how the meltdown started or why. Like all nightmares, they seem to have no beginning and feel like they will never end. I think it had something to do with the shopping cart. Wanting to be in...
Life with newborn twins is overwhelming. I still maintain that I have little-to-no memories of that first year; it was all survival. I’ve compiled a list of the products that made that survival possible. (Honorable mentions: coffee, coffee, coffee).
Gear
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A year ago, I wrote an article about my first grand-daughter. I titled it “Princess Terror.”
It was controversial. I can’t understand why.
I began it like this:
"They say there are people who just love babies. They are so sad...
I was at the pediatrician. Again. It was the fourth time in a week and a half, and as I sat there trying to avoid reading the waiting room book about the dead dog, again. (Because nothing makes comforting a...
"Oh no, I really have to pee," I thought to myself as I strapped the baby into the Ergo carrier and headed into the gym. My 2 and 4-year-olds were in tow and we started to cross the parking...
If you're anything like me, a few months before your first child arrived, all the baby gear did too. It looked like Babies R Us (may they rest in peace) had stormed into my living room the day after...
The baby was about to wake from a nap. I had just finished folding the third load of laundry of the day. There were too many clothes to fit in the hamper so I headed upstairs with my arms...
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As parents, we know that reading to our children is beneficial. Some of my favorite memories include reading to my children. We've compiled a...
