"When are you going to have another baby?"
"You need to give your son a sibling!"
"Are you going to have more kids?"
All of these seemingly harmless comments I hear almost on a daily basis. Most people think, "It's no big...
Being pregnant is a somewhat selfish time for me. It is a snapshot of this life that is just baby and me. I get to share the amazing changes pregnancy brings. I am the one who experiences bodily changes...
When I got pregnant, three months after losing a baby to miscarriage, I had never heard the term "rainbow baby." And when it came time to come up with something to call that little spark growing inside of me,...
Being induced was not on my radar with baby number two. My first baby was a whirlwind, basically every miserable side effect of being pregnant, I had. Not to mention, I swore I was in labor four times before I...
As a mom, I am incredibly grateful for the abundance of resources we have available to us. We have websites and local groups in which we can share our stories and relate to one another. But, what about Dad?...
My last baby. As my youngest child approaches her second birthday, I find myself getting increasingly emotional.
You see, I have three children. Boy Child was born two weeks short of Big Girl's second birthday. Then, when Boy Child was...
Before having children, I shuttered at the image of kid’s ‘stuff’ spread throughout the house. One-use baby accessories, musical toys playing the same three melodies over and over, burp cloths stained with spit-up thrown on the backs of furniture, snack...
Having a young toddler is, in many ways, easier than having a newborn. I keep having certain moments that make me think, "wow, this used to be so difficult!" These are things that, on some level, are more exciting...
Being a positive parent is a lot harder than it seems.
I've been up since 4:00 am this morning - since my baby fought going back to sleep. And once I won that battle, I couldn't fall back to sleep myself.
And...