Ages + Stages

My daughter, Charlie, lost her 5th tooth a few nights ago following a physical altercation with her little sister.  Not one minute earlier, I had heard my husband shouting, "If you girls don't stop rough housing with those suckers...

I was holding my youngest baby the other day, he's two but always my baby, and was getting really frustrated.  I know I shouldn't have been, but I was.   See, I felt like holding him was making it so that...

Last year I wrote an open letter to my son's preschool teacher. This woman was incredible and totally irreplaceable. She loved my baby fiercely. When we left preschool for 'big school' I was sure I'd never find another teacher...

This week, one of my best friends brought me into her inner world to tell me that she was newly pregnant after years of trying for another baby. I believe I responded with many exclamation points and screams of...

Do you feel anxious when your kid wakes up sick and you can't miss work that day? Do you feel like it takes almost all of your brain capacity to piece together summer activities for your kids when school...

Exhaustion has been taking its toll on my husband and me for a while because of our sleepless six-month-old. It wasn't until this past weekend that I realized how much of a toll. We had just woken up at my...

It's 7:59pm and I've just finished cleaning up dinner.  I still need to shower, work on a major project that I've been procrastinating to do, clean up the mess that is my floor and watch Odd Mom Out.  I...

Let me clarify that I do in fact know that my child is human.  It's not that I suddenly woke up one day thinking I was raising a small puppy only to find a human child at my table. No,...

I was caught being silly with my kids So my kiddo does well in the car but sometimes on the way home from daycare there is traffic and he can get a little antsy towards the end of the ride....

You have a birth plan, but what about a postpartum plan? Let's breakdown 6 often overlooked postpartum must haves... Expectant moms spend many hours taking birth classes, hospital tours and preparing birth plans when the average labor lasts less than...

In Southern California, we know that earthquakes come with the territory. So, we prepare our homes and workplaces for such an event. But, what about our cars? Many of us spend a substantial portion of the day in our...

In January of this year, we decided to surprise my three-year-old with his very own fish. He absolutely loves aquariums and he even has a battery operated fish tank that lights up and helps him go to sleep at...

It was recently World Doula Week, and as anxiety mounts for new and expecting mamas during these unpredictable times, the role of a baby doula is more important than ever. While many hospitals are limiting the number of birth supporters...

The first year. It's full of all the feels and the things and the most intense love a person can hold in their heart. It's also full of change. Big change for you and hubby/bf/partner/whomever. They warn you about it...