Babies

The holidays are definitely a time for family. However, sometimes navigating the when and where of seeing all that family can get a bit tricky.  When my husband and I were first married, we both wanted to be with...

Okay, I’m going to be honest. I couldn’t even type the title without tearing up. There’s a very good chance that while writing this, I’m going to go through a whole box of tissues. I went to my daughter’s end...

When you are a new mom, there seems to be no end to the advice that is thrown at you. "Sleep when the baby sleeps." "Get the baby on a schedule." "A pacifier will ruin their teeth." And Later...  As your child gets older,...

We’re working really hard, but it’s easy to keep our family as our focus. My job isn’t overly demanding, and my husband is at home with our kids all but 12 hours per week. Our children aren’t involved in a bunch of extra-curricular activities because they’re one and four years old. Right now, my children love nothing more than spending time with me and my husband, and that’s pretty cool. It's also very fleeting.

Motherhood is not an excuse for your burn out. It's not your life that has to change, it's not your children that have to grow up, and it's not your husband that has to take notice. It's you. You have to change. 

The numbers on the scale look familiar, too, so you gamely pull out the giant bin of pre-pregnancy clothes, eager to find your old jeans and favorite tops. The cruelty of this capsule should not be underestimated. You might be close to your target weight, but your body was completely rearranged and may not settle back into the same shape.

It happens more often than you imagine.  People don’t think.  They see my kids and their eyebrows knit together as they try to make sense of what they see.  As they realize that not only is the young child...

I remember when I was pregnant for the first time, everyone would say, "Being a mom is so hard, but so worth it." Do you know what that kind of advice does for a mother-to-be? I'll be bold here and say it does nothing. The word "hard" is thrown around like confetti when it comes to parenting. It isn't incorrect, because being a parent IS hard, but the term "hard" has become so overused, it's practically meaningless.

I love baby showers! I love celebrating new life, passing sweet little clothes around, and eating delicious food with my people. I've been to a LOT of showers in the last few years, and I've come up with a...

So your little is ready to move on from the bottle but is not yet ready to drink from an open cup. Or maybe you just don't WANT them to have access to a big kid cup yet. After...