As a mom to young kids, I spend a lot of time reading picture books, and I love gifting the perfect book to my...
But, the not so obvious benefit to 13 years between kiddos is the opportunity to learn from my mistakes. This, my friends, is the golden ticket. A crystal ball, if you will.
When I dreamt of my motherhood, I felt a baby in my arms, saw a closet full of tiny clothes and heard distant cries...
As the school year winds down and the season of summer approaches, I know that moms can set up in one of two camps:...
With the current state of the economy, many people are cutting back on costs and searching for deals. I've always been thrifty, and here...
To My Kinder-Ready Son’s Daycare,
He did it. You did it. We did it. Somehow, with some combination of us all working together, we made...
Craniosynostosis is a foreign word to most, but unfortunately in our house it is one we have come to know well with our first child. One in...
Everyone knows, for a parent in the baby/toddler stage of life...nap time is the holy grail of priorities. Nap time gives you a sweet...
I had my fallopian tubes removed in May out of necessity—a routine ‘bilateral salpingectomy’ they called it. We have had a long road to...
When I decided to breastfeed my first child, I was pretty go-with-the-flow about it. I was going to give it a go and be...
June 4, 2022, and September 19, 2022
These were the due dates of my two pregnancies. Two pregnancies that each ended with a miscarriage instead...
If you’re taking a road trip with kids this spring or summer, buckle up for the inevitable stages you’re about to face:
The Squeeze into...
Let me tell you about a chair filled with love.
Inside a little grey house with bright pink numbers, rests an old floral chair with...
In the words of Eminem himself, "Guess who's back? Back again?" Yes, that's right. It's time for Elf on the Shelf to make his...

























