A wild life is worth living.
When my kids and I are having a slow day at home, I sometimes leave them (and myself) in their pajamas all day. Hey, less laundry for me! If there is already a stain on Archer's shirt, I don't bother with a bib at mealtime because it's going to be spot-cleaned anyway. I sometimes say... Continue Reading →
Producing a human is an enormous task. It seems only natural that the process of creating an 8 pound baby from microscopic ingredients would leave a mark, so to speak. Celebrities brag about losing the 'baby weight' in three months or less, magically reverting to the sample size they were the day they conceived, with... Continue Reading →
My toddler has only one speed: sprinting. He insists on wearing crocs, and as you might imagine, giant rubber shoes trip him up pretty frequently. Then he wants to wear socks and he's slipping and sliding across the wood floors with far less grace than Tom Cruise. Then he wants to be barefoot and rams... Continue Reading →
I have a lot of Mommy friends on Facebook, and a lot of them had kids before I did so I was up-to-date on their lives before I had my boys. I have seen plenty of movies and sitcoms where people have children. The women in my family frequently tell (and re-tell) stories about motherhood... Continue Reading →
My sons were both born early, Jackson was born at 37 weeks and Archer at 36, so when neither of them were reaching their milestones on the parenting books' schedule I reminded myself they were early, so their age was a bit fuzzy. Jackson should reach his milestones three weeks later than the books predicted,... Continue Reading →
Robby is impossible to shop for. He has in mind a very specific thing that he wants and he either doesn't tell me what it is so I am inevitably wrong, or he tells me something that doesn't make sense as a gift for the occasion. Like, an HDMI cord for Valentine's Day. Sure, getting... Continue Reading →
Most of the time I feel like my life is the grocery cart with the wayward wheel that takes all my strength and focus to keep from plowing into things. I spend a significant amount of my day struggling to keep things 'on track' and steering my children in the direction of a schedule where... Continue Reading →
As a woman living in a varied society, I am aware that not everyone chooses to have children, and that parenthood is not for every person. My husband and I chose to have children, and may someday choose to have even more children. We make sacrifices so I don't have to hold a job outside... Continue Reading →
My oldest child will be three years old in August, so I don't know everything there is to know about feeding children. I don't even know everything there is to know about feeding my 2.5 year old. There are some things I have learned, however. Feed your kid what you are eating. It probably won't... Continue Reading →
I'm sure for anyone in the trenches of life, hearing "God only gives you what you can handle" is obnoxious blather, but every once in a while I believe it's true. My kids have been pretty good sleepers, as far as young children are concerned. True, when they are newborns they wake every couple hours... Continue Reading →
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