Dear Madeline,
As I think of our past five years together, I can't help but remember growing up always wanting to be a mom. I told people being a mother is what I was put on this earth to...
It may comfort parents of tantrum-throwing toddlers to know that meltdowns are normal, and there are ways to handle them.
Tantrums often reflect the frustration a child feels because of her lack of language to say what’s bothering her. As...
As my firstborn son will be two this month, I've recently been reflecting on his birth and all of the things I've learned and experienced since becoming a new mom. I remember researching a ton of recommended checklists for...
Because I am on the emotional roller coaster that is motherhood, I decided to share this picture I took during the year I nursed my youngest. You can see right into his heart, can’t you?
This is a perfect exchange...
Getting married at the ripe age of 20 something and looking excitedly into our future we would flippantly spout off some nonsense of “oh, we want 3 or 4 kids” when someone would ask and continue on our merry...
We were so excited when we made the decision to have a child together. We prepared and planned. We knew what kind of space we wanted and we created it. We kept it quiet at first though, we didn’t...
I remember the call from my sister in law that they were pregnant. I remember telling my husband that since we lived out of state at the time I would need an open ended ticket to fly home in...
My daughter has never been a good sleeper. I think there has been one night in 14 months that she has slept through the night. Typically it is just a quick diaper change or a bottle, but there are...
I have a lot of people fooled. They think I'm doing great since giving birth. They think everything seems normal. They believe that I am fine. They are under the impression that I am this “amazing” person.
On all...