Authors Posts by Mary C
Mary C
Mary grew up in Texas but fled north in pursuit of seasons and snow. She fell for a Michigan boy, and they are raising three mini Michigangsters. Mary lives for 90's music, books by Jasper Fforde, strong mosquito repellent, and using a big word when a little one will do. She adores her husband and children, tolerates housework, and dotes on her flock of backyard chickens.
Spring in Michigan: An Ode to Open Windows
I grew up in Houston, Texas, which is a land of two seasons: Hot, and Slightly Less Hot. I believe there may be one or two days of the year that the citizens of...
Pet Names for Your Children That Won’t Teach Them Bad Words or Scar Them...
Unless you have somehow been blessed with little non-human offspring who never, ever, ever do any wrong, you have probably wanted to call your child a name before. Obviously, we teach our children that name-calling...
Don’t Doubt Your Body! A Few Humble Pointers for the Pregnant Woman
Pregnancy is so exciting! Feeling that little creature fluttering inside you, everyone telling you that you're glowing, batting strangers' hands away from your swollen abdomen -- it's like no other time in your life....
PUPPP: The Pregnancy Ailment Your Doctor May Not Recognize
PUPPP. What. In the world. Is pruritic uticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy?
I didn't know either. I thought I was having a life-threatening (not really, but it felt awful!) allergic reaction to something. Or had...
Insider Tips for Birthing Your Baby in the Car
I kind of have a thing for birth stories. Not the kind that are forced upon you as soon as you're visibly pregnant. (Those are usually worst-case scenarios and {hopefully} exaggerated to scare you....
Great Wide Somewhere: A Mom’s Review of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”
Let me start by saying that I am a Disneyphile. My in-laws hypothesize that I escaped from a Disney movie, because I use a sing-song voice at almost all times, and I love to...
5 Kids’ Shows That Won’t Make You Crazy!
When my first child was a baby, I had all kinds of opinions about letting her watch TV. I didn't want to fry her brain! Or stunt her imagination! It was okay once in...
How to Raise a Picky Eater
Raising children is so much more difficult than I ever expected it to be. There are books and blogs and Twitter posts and memes to warn you, but until you're in the thick of...
7 Classic Kids’ Books to Shake Up Storytime
Bedtime stories are a universal staple in nighttime routines for parents. Who doesn't love to cuddle up in cozy jammies and read a good book?
Until you've read the same book eighteen million times.
I'm sure...