Finding the support you need

September 17, 2012 By 3 Comments
Mamas & Babies

This post is part of the Attachment Parenting Month blog event, hosted by Attachment Parenting International. Learn more by visiting API Speaks, the blog of Attachment Parenting International. Becoming a first-time parent is so life-changing that you can find yourself needing support in ways you are not used to. Whether that's education during pregnancy to learn more about the kind of birth you want to have, breastfeeding support immediately after your baby comes, family and friends who … [Read more...]

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Thank heaven for cosleeping

July 23, 2012 By 4 Comments
It still feels this good.

Sometimes, being a working mom is so very hard. This morning when I dropped Zoe off for daycare, she cried. Not the big, loud, dramatic wails that say "I'm not getting my way right now and I don' t like it," but the truly heartbroken, silent tears of a little girl who simply did NOT want mommy to leave. It just about killed me walking out that door and leaving her. I know she's fine. I am thankful we have a great daycare. But oh, days like this are hard. To make matters worse, tonight … [Read more...]

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A mom by any name

June 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
My big two year old girl!

I once read that "Mama" is the same in many languages around the world, and that it's usually one of the first words uttered by babies. Zoe’s first word for me was “Mama” – spoken at first in many multiples, as in “Mamamamamamamama!” It was not her first word, though - that was "Dada." And oh, the smiles she gave him early on... and the laughter. I knew my baby was growing up when her name for me changed. I don't remember the first time Zoe called me "Mommy" instead of "Mama" … [Read more...]

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Mommy mythbusting: selflessness

April 16, 2012 By 6 Comments
Three generations

I'm starting a new series on this blog called "Mommy Mythbusting." This post will help explain how I came to be a mom after being happily child-free for so long. It's my first mythbusting post; you'll have to let me know what you think. One of the reasons I put off having a baby for so very long (til I was just a tiny bit shy of 40) is that I thought you had to be utterly selfless to be a mom. The reason I thought that was this: my mom is a saint - totally selfless and self-sacrificial … [Read more...]

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Motherhood is hard. Moms rock.

March 9, 2012 By 2 Comments
Moms are heroes.

Have you ever noticed that motherhood just keeps getting harder? I don’t mean on a big picture, culture or society level – I just mean on a very day-to-day, tactical level. When you are pregnant, you really have no idea what’s ahead of you. When you come home from the hospital with a newborn, it all seems so daunting and overwhelming! Then little by little, you get good at basic newborn care at home, and it starts to feel easy and normal. Then, once you have the basic newborn … [Read more...]

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