Giving my baby a bath for the first time.
I’ll be brutally honest with you: I didn’t let myself get nervous about having a brand new baby (both times I had a brand new baby). Feeding? You just feed it. Burping? The little thing will eventually...
View ArticleHow to feed a baby who hates spoons.
What baby hates spoons? Mine. Let me be even more specific: She likes to EAT, but she HATES spoons. HATES them. Applesauce? You’d better scoop it with your finger. Don’t even try mixing her babyfood...
View ArticleMy new “mom” word that’s getting annoying.
What’s your “mom” word? You know, that one word you find yourself saying out-loud a zillion times a day… That one word that comes to you when you’ve suddenly got FIVE kids to take care of… That one...
View ArticleWhy I’m treating my toddler like a baby.
Lately I’ve been feeling bad for my toddler. Nevermind that she’s going through her “normal” I’m-2-so-sometimes-I-flip-out-for-no-reason stage, she’s handled a lot the last year: She flat-out got her...
View ArticleFunny baby shower games.
April showers bring… May babies! Remembering my own baby shower (a few years ago now), I made my sister promise to abide by one rule when she was so gracious to throw it: NO GAMES. Baby shower games...
View ArticleTop parenting tips for new moms: “I’m so glad I did____ as a mom”
I recently attended a baby shower for some friends of ours that are living in London yet here on holiday before their baby arrives this July. Instead of games they had an open forum where parents at...
View ArticleHow to get fit as a new mom.
It’s coming…. swimsuit season! Are you excited yet? (Crickets.) Whether or not you like it, spring (and soon, summer) is in the air. Here are a few tiny fitness tips that I’ve been working on since…...
View ArticleDo you feel pressure to keep up with other moms?
Do you feel pressure to keep up with other moms? No. Ok maybe sometimes. I’m going to offer a teeny pep talk and challenge us all: DON’T LOOK AT OTHER MOMS AND FEEL PRESSURED. Let’s be honest: I have...
View ArticleThe art of killing time with kids.
The days are long, but the years are short. If I hear one more experienced parent (or grandparent) say this I might scream… only because I’m beginning to learn how TRUE it really is. Although I do work...
View ArticleWhen moms must be brave.
Ever been petrified as a parent but had to act brave for your kids? This was me last week. Yet another notch in the ‘growing up’ phase of my life, I guess. With my husband traveling, it was a...
View ArticleToddler First Aid: How to tend to a bleeding cut.
I cringe at the title of this post. I hope that no one reading this ever has to deal with this, but obviously most of us (if not all) do at some point. For many of us seeing our toddler bleed, it can...
View ArticleNew Moms: Why trying to do it all has perks.
Before you roll your eyes, I will warn you: I am THAT mom. I never really wanted help when both of my daughters were first born (except for free food!), I try to only call a babysitter when I’m...
View ArticleConfession: I’m keeping my toddler in a crib.
This summer has brought many changes for my almost-three year old. We’re using the potty. We’re enrolled in a mini-morning preschool for the fall. We put on and take off our own shoes, crowns and tutus...
View ArticleRespecting my mom (now that I am one).
Funny how life happens. Growing up, my sister and I felt as emotionally close to our mom as could be… we were all best friends (we still are). But through all the amazing memories, we still had normal...
View ArticleBreastfeeding Month: Why I chose to NOT nurse.
Even as I plunked out this title, I’m expecting a slew of “what’s wrong with you” comments. I get it. I do. And I’ll rip the Band-Aid off and get to the point quickly here: The reason I chose to not...
View ArticleGiving new moms advice: Do you do it?
I’m opinionated. (We all are.) Always have been (to a major fault). I used to have more of an unapologetic loud-mouth attitude about it amongst my friends (in our younger, kid-free days), but now I’m...
View ArticleElectronic devices for reading: My verdict.
As a mom who was once quoted in the Wall Street Journal on a fluke about how she can’t stand it when kids play with apps and electronic devices, I’m probably the only mom on the planet that veers away...
View ArticleHalloween! A life-lesson memory…
Halloween! Candy lessons, costumes and cowering under larger-than-life plastic pumpkins with suspiciously-smirking expressions in the grocery store. Huh? Yes… it’s one of my most fond memories with my...
View ArticleFitness and Exercise Tips for New Moms
Mustering the gusto to get your groove back after having a baby is hard. The thought (and reality) of getting to the gym is almost ridiculous (mostly because of that who’s-gonna-watch-the-kid thing and...
View ArticleTips for toddler’s first haircut.
You’d think I was raising Rapunzel. At three and a half years old – with waves down to her butt – my older toddler recently got her very first haircut. Yes, I said FIRST. (Can’t help it: I’m obsessed...
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