This week I published a guest post on saying goodbye to a one-child family, as we expect our second son this spring. I’m feeling nostalgia, guilt, and excitement for the new member of the family. Can anyone else relate? Goodbye Only Child, Hello Siblings As I approach the second half of my pregnancy, I’ve found…
Organizing’s a B*tch… Until It’s Done
Organizing is hard. And not just because it takes physical & mental energy, determination, and stamina. It’s also hard because there are so many layers. You can’t just go into a room and tackle it right then and there. You have to clean, discard, sort, relocate, and improve. As much as I wish I could tackle room…
Dear Hiring Manager, I’m Six Months Pregnant
I was laid off from work on the last day of 2015. Way to end the year with a bang, right? The real zinger is I am more than six months pregnant. Which means I have to start my job hunt with a little more “baggage” than most. Scary Mommy posted my story on this…
What is with our Obsession with Parenting Perfection?
What is with our obsession with achieving mommy perfection? This is a question I’ve been considering since starting my 2016 project, The Ultimate Mom Challenge™. We see the evidence everywhere: mommy wars, the parenting book phenomenon, the constant uproar from the media over good parenting gone bad, etc. Good Lord, my Ultimate Mom Challenge is the very incarnation…
A Short, but Sincere Christmas Wish to all Mothers
May your day be filled with joy, peace, and long naps. May the tantrums be short and efficient. May the food go in mouths; not on walls, floors, and hair. May the travel be brief and uneventful. May the extended family be gracious, and judgment free. May the smiles be bountiful, the happiness contagious….
The Daycare Dilemma
To daycare or not to daycare, that is the real question, Prince Hamlet. My son’s been going to his daycare twice a week since he was six weeks old. The owners and staff are friendly and seem to have the childrens’ best interest in mind. The center is clean. My son has only gotten sick a…
I Don’t Want My Kids to Believe in Santa
Maybe I should re-title this, “Bah Humbug.” When I was a girl, I reveled in the magic of Christmas. Santa, reindeer, the North Pole… nothing was off the table when it came to what I believed to be true and what Christmas meant to me. Santa was as real to me as the ground…
Teaching your Baby Sign Language when you Don’t Know Sign Language
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. My sister taught her children sign language right from the start and the impact it had for developing her kids’ communication skills stuck with me. I knew when the time came for me to have children, I would teach them sign language early on. Of course, the first step would be…
When Daddy’s the Favorite
Check out my post that was published at Mommy Effect! They say that baby boys love their mommies, but my son and I hit a rough patch around the time he turned one year old. Here’s what happens when Daddy’s the Favorite.
Why 20 Months is the Magical Age
Hang in there, fellow mommies. Toddler bliss is coming your way! Mommyhood did not come easy for me. The newborn days were complete trial by fire for both me and my husband. And to have a colicy baby on top of that, I look back on those days and wonder how we all made it…
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