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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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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Friday favorites: top 5 baby/toddler hacks

April 13, 2012 By 3 Comments
Zoe signing "more" at 13 months

I love and collect life hacks – those little tips and tricks that magically make your life better. In the course of becoming a mom, I’ve found there are parenting hacks, too – shortcuts, hints and practices that make life with babies and kids easier, more fun or less stressful. Are you ready for my favorite baby and toddler hacks? Happy Friday! Baby sign language. Before I had Zoe, I never would have dreamed this possible but preverbal babies as young as six to nine months really can … [Read more...]

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Attachment parenting: it’s how we roll.

April 2, 2012 By 1 Comment
Our family

This post is part of the What Attachment Parenting Is and Isn’t blog carnival, hosted by Attachment Parenting International. Learn more by visiting API Speaks, the blog of Attachment Parenting International. I’ve blogged before about how clueless I felt as a pregnant mom-to-be and how desperately I read, studied and researched, trying to get smart about this new little person growing within me and this brand new life unfolding before me. I knew this would be the biggest and best thing … [Read more...]

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Toddler etiquette: guys vs. girls edition

March 25, 2012 By 4 Comments
Zoe rocking out at a friend's wedding.

Is it okay to take a two year old to a baby shower? To a wedding? To visit a friend in hospital? These are questions to which my beloved husband and I had differing opinions, so we took it to Facebook this week for a little friendly crowdsourcing. He posed the question first on his FB page, and I followed suit by posting it on my own. The answers were pretty interesting. For the most part, women were more likely to check with hostesses before bringing a child to a shower or wedding. Some … [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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Date day: my best invention ever

February 21, 2012 By 4 Comments
My beloved scrapping nook

Yesterday, for the first time in almost two years, my husband and I spent an entire day alone together. That’s crazy, right? How could we have gone that long without a day to ourselves? But we’re so in love with our daughter that we never really even considered it before. Anytime we had a day off from work, we wanted to spend it with her.  And we love our time together as a family – it’s the best! (Funny side note: before we had Zoe, I used to hear parents talk about going a year or … [Read more...]

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Friday Favorites: funny mom and dad blogs

January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
toddlers & ipads

Each Friday, I plan to share with you some of my favorite things. They may range from baby products to books to shopping finds to restaurants. This week, it’s my favorite funny parenting blogs. Parenting is funny – and these blogs capture those hilarious moments in ways that will have you literally laughing out loud at your keyboard. Parenting: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures. Momblogger Amber Dusick’s awesome Paint pictures and sense of humor have made me laugh til I cried on more … [Read more...]

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