Meal Planning is Impossible Now I’m a Mom
March 10, 2019
When it was just my husband and myself, it was SO easy to meal plan. We’d sit down once a week. But now we have a toddler…it’s impossible.
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The Twos Aren’t Totally Terrible…
February 16, 2019
It’s like we expect this light switch to flip on their second birthday and our sweet angel baby to be replaced by a scary toddler!
All of Her Firsts are All of My Lasts
February 12, 2019
I cried when she walked for the first time. And cried every time I thought about it for the following week. She’s getting big so fast…and each first is the last time.
Just Don’t Pee on the Wall!
January 23, 2019
While I thought that while potty training might take a little time, teaching one tiny human to pee in the toilet can’t be that hard, right?
I Just Made the Last Preschool Payment…I Should Be Happy
October 16, 2018
There are so many reasons I should be celebrating. Making that last preschool payment should make me want to jump for joy…but I’m not.
I Am Not My Son’s Favorite Parent
July 26, 2018
I suspect Sprout sees me as a lost cause. He views me as Little Bird’s parent and Daddy as “his” parent.
Mom’s Day Off
May 31, 2018
She leapt from the shower, cheeks flushed from excitement and warm water. “Why stop with clean hair?” she asked the woman grinning back at her in the hazy mirror. She reached for her mascara wand and brazenly plumped her eyelashes.
Curiosity or Anxiety?
April 23, 2018
My daughter needed to know what’s happening, when. Change of plans agitated her; then she’d wonder what if it doesn’t go as planned? What if something goes wrong? Or if plans did change—why? What was wrong?
My Threenager Makes the Terrible Twos Look Easy
February 15, 2018
When my daughter blew out three candles on her birthday cake I thought
Why Your Baby Poops
February 7, 2018
Remember when you had a baby and you started your obsession with poop?
9 Ways to Save Your Summer Sanity
July 31, 2017
Good heavens. Are you seriously surviving your summer?! I decided to take the
10 Reasons I Want to Punch the Bubble Guppies in the Throat
January 8, 2017
Let me start by saying that I hold no illusions about cartoons. I
Meal Planning is Impossible Now I’m a Mom
March 10, 2019
When it was just my husband and myself, it was SO easy to meal plan. We’d sit down once a week. But now we have a toddler…it’s impossible.
The Twos Aren’t Totally Terrible…
February 16, 2019
It’s like we expect this light switch to flip on their second birthday and our sweet angel baby to be replaced by a scary toddler!
All of Her Firsts are All of My Lasts
February 12, 2019
I cried when she walked for the first time. And cried every time I thought about it for the following week. She’s getting big so fast…and each first is the last time.
Just Don’t Pee on the Wall!
January 23, 2019
While I thought that while potty training might take a little time, teaching one tiny human to pee in the toilet can’t be that hard, right?
I Just Made the Last Preschool Payment…I Should Be Happy
October 16, 2018
There are so many reasons I should be celebrating. Making that last preschool payment should make me want to jump for joy…but I’m not.
I Am Not My Son’s Favorite Parent
July 26, 2018
I suspect Sprout sees me as a lost cause. He views me as Little Bird’s parent and Daddy as “his” parent.
Mom’s Day Off
May 31, 2018
She leapt from the shower, cheeks flushed from excitement and warm water. “Why stop with clean hair?” she asked the woman grinning back at her in the hazy mirror. She reached for her mascara wand and brazenly plumped her eyelashes.
Curiosity or Anxiety?
April 23, 2018
My daughter needed to know what’s happening, when. Change of plans agitated her; then she’d wonder what if it doesn’t go as planned? What if something goes wrong? Or if plans did change—why? What was wrong?
My Threenager Makes the Terrible Twos Look Easy
February 15, 2018
When my daughter blew out three candles on her birthday cake I thought
Why Your Baby Poops
February 7, 2018
Remember when you had a baby and you started your obsession with poop?
9 Ways to Save Your Summer Sanity
July 31, 2017
Good heavens. Are you seriously surviving your summer?! I decided to take the
10 Reasons I Want to Punch the Bubble Guppies in the Throat
January 8, 2017
Let me start by saying that I hold no illusions about cartoons. I
