Perspectives In Parenting

One afternoon, my son woke up from his nap already in a funk. He was annoyed and demanding. In true "new mom" fashion I went through the list of things that could quickly save us from his aggressive pointing...

I have to be straight forward and say I am not a fan of cliques. I don’t like it when I see a group of people who do not welcome someone new to their group. I’ve never felt like I...

I should start by saying that I have never “Googled “(somehow this has become a verb in the past decade) so much since becoming pregnant and then a mother. It started out so innocently with, “Can I drink coffee while...

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me! Wait.... it's the season of giving why are we talking about what someone gave us? Let's refocus for a minute. We plan the perfect gifts all year...

WTH are all these acronyms about?! When I was pregnant, I prepared as best as I could. I read the books. I went to the classes. I avoided soft cheeses (mostly). What I did not prepare for was this new language...

This week has been rough.  Do you ever have one of those weeks where you just want to walk away? Literally, walk out the door and drive into the unknown.  This has been one of those weeks.  By the...

  I have a confession to make - I love gifts.  In fact, I love gifts so much that when someone gets me a gift that doesn't make any sense I actually feel offended.  Now, before you stop reading and...

Postpartum by definition is the 12-week period immediately after you have had your baby. But it is so much more than that, and it is not talked about or prepared for nearly enough. Preparing for postpartum is as important as...

My son was born a lefty. This is not hyperbole. In truth, we saw him sucking his left thumb on ultrasounds with such regularity that he was born with a sucking callous, so you could say he favored his...

I love my little boy.  He's every bit as much me as he is his father.  Sometimes those attributes completely annoy me, and other times they make my heart absolutely melt.  It's like how all day long your child...

Somehow I have been the strongest link. I have escaped the flu and stomach bug that has wiped out people nationwide and my entire household. I have a toddler in preschool, a husband with an office job, a curious...

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My husband and I were in that newborn-first-child-we-can-still-do-everything-we-did-BEFORE-we had-a-baby-phase.  We were young and naive.  Well, I was young.  He was just naive.  {LOVE YOU BABE!}  So of course we decided to go to dinner.  Easy as a blowout pie,...

Thank you.   I don't think I told you thank you enough.  In fact, I don't think I looked you in the eye and really said THANK YOU! See, I was sitting in the play place with my husband and my...