Dear Parenting Books, In the last few months my confidence in my shepherding of tiny souls has taken a bit of nose dive as we’ve embarked upon two major (in the toddler scale) life changes: big boy bed status and potty training. So I did what the modern mama does and I filled my Amazon… Read More
Just leave a little earlier. I mean how hard can it be? Plan your time. That’s why kids need a schedule. I used to be on time for everything. No, not on time. Early. For everything. I was the girl awkwardly waiting in the restaurant parking lot twenty minutes before the scheduled girls dinner meet-up… Read More
I am really not into the idea of potty training. I know this is silly because it’s just one of those milestones that whether it comes at you at 18 months or well past three is simply unavoidable. It just makes all my nerves go haywire. Typically my parenting style is as follows: A) Do… Read More
I am not much for resolutions. In the years I have even bothered to make them, I usually given them all up by January vowing that the following year will be “my year”. The concept reminds me of my brother’s first grade teacher, if you’ll indulge me a little tangent. Keenan, two years my junior,… Read More
When I am a mom I will never: Show up late. Show up late with coffee. Have a kid with a crusty, runny nose. Go out in public with dirty hair and yoga pants. Go out in public with dirty hair and dirty yoga pants. Go shopping with kids wearing pajamas. Bribe my pajama clad… Read More
All I want for Christmas is to see other women succeed! That and a nap. Or at least a really big coffee. This collaboration piece with three local mom built businesses shows how Paige, Emily, and Mandy turned dreams into reality. I am in awe of women who take excellent care of their families, but… Read More
Whether you’re a thieves or a bleach household, nothing breaks a mama heart quite like a sick baby. And nothing makes you feel more helpless than those all nighters with a coughing, stuffy, bodily fluid excreting little that you cannot trade places with …until a few days later when you inevitably get it too. I… Read More
Go on that Mom-cation. Having just come back from a long weekend with two girl friends, I can personally attest: Stop making excuses, make a plan, and GO! The concept has been all over the media recently with viral articles such as Psychologists Suggest Mothers Take Breaks By Going on Mom-cation. For both a brighter… Read More
Breastfeeding is amazing. The amount of bonding and immune support a fragile infant can gain from his or her nursing mother is astounding. I think all motherhood victories should be celebrated because, as I have learned, many are hard fought with blood, sweat and tears. But here’s the thing, not everyone can breastfeed. Publicly displaying… Read More
Emily is a first time mom to eight week old daughter, Celeste. She is on maternity leave for the next four weeks from her job as physical therapist. Her husband John is an extremely devoted husband and new father. John left for a six month deployment yesterday. As much as it was amazing to have… Read More
