Ages + Stages

After having my first baby, my hospital room was like an ongoing party in full swing, with a stream of visitors for our entire two-day stay. Our house was even full of people waiting for us when we got...

Guess what?! You can be a great mom, even if you're not a "little kid person." That's me. I'm not a little kid person. Yikes! Taboo subject! Before you come at me, I love so much about the little kid stage. I...

I flew solo for my first daycare tour.  My husband couldn't get away from work and I figured I could get a grasp of whether or not the place looked like Mrs. Hannigan's house from Annie without his input. I...

I don’t think I will ever forget the comment made to me on the Mother’s Day before my son was born.  I was 8 months pregnant, miserable, and fully cankled.  There was a discussion taking place about what each...

To my sweet and full-of-life middle child, I worry about all my children; I am a natural born worrier. However, there is one child I worry about the most, and that is you, my precious middle child. Are you happy?...

The year was 2017. I had a newborn and an almost two-year-old who I was potty training. No one told me to try to potty train a 22-month-old immediately after giving birth, but there I was. I was sure -...

Sometimes I am so out of the loop with trends that I kind of feel like an alien. That's how it is with gender reveal parties. . .  and Pinterest. But that's a whole other post. I see all the...

Sweet girl, This time last year we were anxiously awaiting the arrival of your baby brother. Up to that point in your little life, you had been the center of our world. You and I spent every day together- just...

When I was about thirteen years old, I pretty much threw out the idea of wanting children of my own.  I was never one to volunteer to babysit and I basically didn't even know what to do with kids....

I never cease to be amazed that even in the coldest part of winter, often when the days seem the darkest, new life is still taking place outside in my flower bed. What appears to be a dead, decaying...

Pregnancy is not the time to let yourself go. It is not an excuse to eat whatever you want. It is not the time for you to rationalize that second piece of pie, or laying on the couch when you...

Mom #1: She rolled up to the park with a fully stocked diaper bag. She brought enough organic pouches of baby food to last several days, the cloth diapers were fresh and bright, and her hair and makeup were in...