“My Olivia started laughing at three months, even though all the literature says it happens at four or five. But she’s so advanced already, so it’s not a surprise. I can’t believe your little Violet still isn’t laughing yet....
For the past 7 months or so I have craved normalcy. I've craved dropping my kids off at school and daycare, and carrying on with the routine I had carefully crafted. I've muttered the words "I can't do this...
When I took my first pregnancy test I thought it was wrong.
Same with the second and third.
Then, I thought my husband would be mad.
Then, we thought his parents would be mad.
Then, my siblings and one of my best...
Growing up I was taught to speak my mind. Of course, this also means I was taught when to speak my mind: "A time and a place", my grandma would tell me.
All of my family is like this. Sisters,...
We’ve all seen the morning and evening self-care routines on Instagram and TikTok and if you’re like me may have thought, “Who seriously has the time for that?” As a single parent and busy mom, I thought self-care was...
I have a secret. A pretty big secret. On paper (or Instagram and Facebook), it appears that I love to take my two young boys outside to explore nature and the world around them. Almost daily we venture outdoors...
I've always heard about the wisdom that can come from the mouths of kids. I've not had much experience with that personally, but am starting to get a glimpse now that my son is talking more.
When he was a...
The 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio have come to a close. Many of us have spent recent days questioning our very existence.
Michael Phelps has twenty-three gold medals. How many do you have? (The answer is zero.)
A 19-year-old is...
From the moment I found out about my first pregnancy, I could not wait to breastfeed my baby. I told my husband even before we planned to have kids, that when we did have children, I had my heart...
BABY PRODUCTS! Ladies, ladies, ladies! Things change from year to year, birth to birth, baby to baby. I have a 7 year old boy, 5 year old boy, and a 10 month old baby girl, and with each child...
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