Kids are little petri dishes. Adorable little petri dishes, but petri dishes nonetheless. Despite our best efforts to keep them healthy—and as you can see in this other recent post, I really, really do try to keep them healthy—they get sick. It happens. It’s a normal part of life, and it helps their immune systems […]
16 Strategies to Keep Kids Healthy During Cold and Flu Season
It’s not that I hate people. No, actually, that’s not true: I do hate people. When they’re sick and disgusting and in public and COUGHING ALL OVER MY CHILDREN, I really, really hate them. Last month, two people (on the same day!) coughed on my toddler while she was in her stroller. They didn’t cover […]
How I Got My Preschooler to Listen 900 Percent More
I like to think of myself as a relatively patient person. And for the first four years of my son’s life, I was a really patient parent. When he was a baby, I knew that he wasn’t trying to be difficult. He was just trying to figure out life on the outside. It was […]
5 Things You Need to Keep Your Baby Warm This Winter
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 […]
Happy Holidays to My Favorite Moms: All of You!
Happy Holiday, ladies! I hope that the presents are wrapped, the kids are behaving and that you’re having a cocktail as a reward for all of your holiday magic-making. In lieu of that, I hope that you’ve grabbed a sufficient amount of chocolate (or gummy bears, in my case) from your secret stash, you’ve […]
No, I Do Not Have 10 Extra Minutes
Do you have 10 extra minutes to get your life together? Of course you do, you’ll say. Everyone has 10 minutes to spare! Well, yes, technically that’s true. I mean, personally, when I have 10 glorious minutes to myself, I usually just want to stare at the wall. But even I am tempted by […]
Beware of These 7 Holiday Dangers to Kids!
Stop whatever you’re doing and read this article right now. I know, I know: There’s wrapping to be done and cards to be addressed and gifts still left to buy. But it can wait. What can’t wait? Knowing how to keep your kids safe from the danger are lurking around every mistletoe sprig and Elf […]
The Six Words That Broke My Heart
Sometimes I wonder how we don’t all suffocate under the weight of mom guilt. I mean, does it ever end? There’s always something that’s making us feel bad, making us feel like we could and should be doing more, making us wonder if some seemingly tiny choice is going to have a butterfly effect […]
The Ultimate Guide for a Magical Christmas with Your Kids
Take a deep breath and hold onto your Santa hats, moms, because the holiday season is here and the final countdown to Christmas has begun! That means it’s time for parties and shopping and wrapping and special events and holiday cards and baking and…I could go on, but I’ve got to be honest, I’m […]
All They Want for Christmas Is You
You know how whenever you get the most elaborate, expensive gift for your kids—that you’re so excited about because you think they’ll be so excited about it—all they want to do is play with the box? The damn box. Sigh. Now, I know that this changes as kids get older, but for little ones, the […]
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