A parent’s job is never done—especially when it comes to educating our children. That’s why, consciously or not, we’re always peppering our kiddie conversation with fun facts, bigger words and questions that promote critical thinking. It makes learning fun and a part of everyday life, even for those little ones who aren’t crazy about a […]
RIP Nap Time—I’ll Miss You
The good things in life never last. Sometimes it seems like the more amazing they are, the more fleeting they are. You do your best to enjoy them, but (to bring in another cliché), you never truly know what you’ve got till it’s gone. That’s why, with a heavy heart, I’m taking a moment to […]
Why Milestones Are So Bittersweet
Why is my baby not a baby anymore? This is a question that I ask myself every day—no joke. And I ask it not just about my toddler but also about my 5-year-old, who has been nowhere near a baby for a really long time. So that’s why my first response wasn’t excitement when my […]
The Hardest Thing About Living in the Suburbs
It’s been two and a half months since I moved to the ’burbs, and it’s been a bit of an adjustment for me. That’s putting it mildly. I cried my eyes out during the first month, wrote a few posts about city life—including one about why New York City is the best place to raise […]
A Big, Fat Kiddie Reminder: You Never Know Until You Ask
Kids: They’re not like us. At all. Oh, sure, they look and sound like funny, little versions of us, but make no mistake about it—they are very, very different. Kids don’t think like us. We marvel at the way that they look at the world in so many ways, but we forget that their unique […]
It’s September: Time to Get Back on Track!
It’s back-to-school time for the kiddos, and that means it’s time for all of us to get back to reality and back on track, too. Not that we aren’t smacked in the face with reality and responsibility every day of the year—we’re parents, after all. For most of us, summer looks a helluva lot like […]
How to Parent When You Really Don’t Want To
Becoming a mom is the best thing I’ve ever done. It’s wonderful, it’s fulfilling, it’s crazy, it’s fun, it’s made me feel love in a way I never thought possible…and man, sometimes I really need a break. It’s not even that parenting is overwhelming, even though that’s certainly the case some days. And you know […]
The Secret About Co-Sleeping That I Don’t Tell Anyone
If you ask me point-blank if I co-sleep, I’ll say no. Because I don’t—or rather, I never intentionally do it. It just sort of happens in the middle of the night. So, in my mind, I don’t do co-sleep in the typical sense of the word. No, my toddler goes to bed in her […]
How to Juggle Everything in Your Crazy Mom Life
Mom life is crazy. The life of an actor is equally, if not more, crazy. Mix the two and you have a recipe for true momsanity. And trust me: I speak from experience! So does Liz Samuel, a mom of two who recently wrote, produced and starred in the very funny and very relatable short […]
Six Days in Suburbia…and OMG, Help!
Six days. It took just six days for me to want to run from the suburbs screaming and head back home to New York City. I stood at my new kitchen counter, my head in my hands, and tried to steady my breathing and not freak out my kids, who were 10 feet away and […]
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