Baby, it’s cold outside…which means that your baby is cold. If you’re anything like me, reading those words are enough to give you heart palpitations. After all, you’re THE MOM. To do the bare minimum for that job, you need to provide your baby with the basics—and keeping your baby warm is as basic as […]
13 Ways to Say No to Your Kids Without Actually Saying No
No. One little word that we’re tempted to say about a million times a day…that has the power to crush a kid’s spirit. Is that too dramatic? Maybe. But as a parent, it’s ridiculously easy to get into a rut of saying “no,” and that constant negativity isn’t good for anyone. When you say “yes,” […]
17 Things You Can Teach Kids with Leftover Halloween Candy
I don’t know about you, but I have a Halloween-candy problem. As in, it’s here and I’m eating it. And so is my 4-year-old, which—as you know if you’ve ever combined a 4-year-old and an obscene amount of sugar—isn’t a particularly good situation. So, I’m on a mission to do something with all of […]
Little Miss Independent Made Mommy Cry
Well, to my credit, I didn’t actually cry…but I came close. I took my 13-month-old daughter to a mommy-and-me music class last Thursday. We had taken one in the spring, and it was such a lovely bonding time—just the two of us, without big brother siphoning off any of the attention. […]
Holy Crap, I Have a Toddler
I recently asked the moms on my Facebook page how much longer I could refer to my baby as my baby. When my daughter hit the 11-month mark, I started to get e-mails from baby companies saying that toddlerhood was here, and I balked, saying that it was absolutely not and that I wanted […]
How to Get Perfect Pictures of Your Kids
We all want fantastic photos of our kids…and we all feel like we need to drink a vat of wine after trying to get them. After my last attempt at wrangling my two little hellions into a single frame, I thought there had to be an easier way to do this. So I […]
8 Side Effects of Having a Freakishly Tall Kid
I am not tall. I am not short. In fact, I am just about the most average you can get when it comes to height. However, my five-foot-four stature gets totally side-eyed when I tell people how old my son is. To say that he’s a “tall kid” is an understatement. For the record, […]
The Injustices of Parenthood
When you’re staring at your beautiful newborn or cuddling with your (miraculously silent, momentarily well-behaved) toddler, you know that life is good. Really good. But wouldn’t it be nice if a few things were just a little bit better? Nothing about your perfect little cherubs, of course. I’m talking about a few teensy, […]
New Moms: Procrastinate at Your Own Risk!
With the arrival of Baby #2, I’ve adopted a new mantra: Don’t dillydally. If you’ve read the story of how my daughter made her big debut, you know that my doctor told me not to dillydally when getting to the hospital, and thank God: When she was ready to come out, she was […]
The Day My 3-Year-Old Made Me Cry
Remember my recent post, when I said that even on the bad days, being a parent is still good? Yeah, well, I take it back. I’m kidding. Mostly. I think. But the other day, when I was in the thick of some pretty awful threenager behavior, I was totally and completely […]
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