April 23, 2012 Brush your baby’s teeth! Like many other moms, I read with horror the recent article in The New York Times about toddlers undergoing general anesthesia for dental work…
April 16, 2012 Mommy mythbusting: selflessness 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…
April 13, 2012 Friday Favorites: top 5 baby/toddler hacks I love and collect life hacks – those little tips and tricks that magically make your life better. In the course of becoming a…
April 11, 2012 Celebrating a day off… and $100 yoga pants View Post I’m taking a day off today. No, I mean really – I’m totally playing hooky from life. Not from work, because it’s legitimately my day off…
April 2, 2012 Attachment parenting: it’s how we roll. This post was part of the What Attachment Parenting Is and Isn’t blog carnival, hosted by Attachment Parenting International. Learn more by visiting API Speaks,…
March 25, 2012 Toddler etiquette: guys vs. girls edition Is it okay to take a two-year-old to a baby shower? To a wedding? To visit a friend in the hospital? These are questions…
March 7, 2012 Animals over princesses Zoe showed signs very early on that she’s a huge animal lover. Even as a tiny infant, she always preferred stuffed animals over dolls. If…
March 1, 2012 Z said this On this day two years ago, I began my maternity leave. I was 39 weeks along and ready for some rest and nesting before…
February 23, 2012 Leaving is the hardest part Leaving a baby for any length of time is never easy – but leaving an attachment-parented, breastfed baby is the worst. As a newborn, Zoe…
February 21, 2012 Date day: my best invention ever 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…