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 […]
Why New York City Is the Best Place to Raise Young Kids
Yes, you heard me right: New York City is THE BEST place to raise young kids. OK, fine, I may be slightly biased, since I chose to raise my family here for the past five and a half years. And I also may slightly wistful for my wonderful city life because we just moved to […]
10 Motherhood Lessons That Can Make Your Entire Life Better
Being a parent is exhausting. I don’t need to tell you that. What I do need to tell you is that all of your hard work is paying off—and not just for your kids. Motherhood has the potential to transform every aspect of your life and make you a better, more well-rounded, more whole […]
How to Have Some Serious Fun with Your Kids—in Less Than a Minute
My kids are fun. Like, really, really fun. The other day, we had not one but two all-out dance parties. We were singing, laughing and generally being ridiculous in the best way possible. It felt like we were in one of those happy-family commercials that you see when you’re having your morning caffeine and […]
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