We all start out this parenting gig with pretty much zero experience, right? I mean, it’s total on-the-job training when it comes to learning how to feed, clean, and otherwise maintain these little human beings that are dependent on us for their very lives. No pressure! For example, before I had […]
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20 Reasons My Toddler is Celebrating the Return of School
By Natasha Daniels of Anxious Toddlers The return of school. The house cleared out. I am exhausted. My feet are breaded with Cheerio dust, but it is over. I now have 10 months alone. Well, almost alone – there is my toddler – the last hurrah. My toddler is doing […]
Rocket Math (or Why Homework Sucks)
By Gina Sampaio of Sister Serendip So, uh . . . you got kids? Do they go to school? Are they old enough to have homework? Do they have . . . Rocket Math? Or Mad Minutes? Or some other kind of name that attempts to disguise a timed (read: stressful […]
7 Reasons You Shouldn’t Wait Too Long to Have Kids
By Marie Hickman I waited until 40 to have a child, and I’m sorry-not-sorry: not sorry I have a 14-year-old who constantly amazes me with his brains and humor, and yet sorry I didn’t have him sooner. Mostly because I’d need less wine. My “joy of a boy” has been […]
Top 10 Reasons Parenting Sometimes Sucks
I love being a parent. Nothing in the world — and I DO. MEAN. NOTHING. — can set one’s soul on fire and fill one’s heart with lovey juice as much as a child’s chubby legs or proclamations of adoration. Nuh-thing. But as much as I’m in love with motherhood, […]
12 (Not So) Fun Ways for Toddlers to Help Mom on the Next Outing
By Jill Morgenstern of Do Try This at Home The fun of summer vacation may be a distant memory, but don’t fret! You can add your particular brand of amusement to even the most mundane school carpool line or grocery run. Or do fret! Because, really, isn’t fretting part of […]
16 Undeniable Laws of Motherhood
When you become a mom, you learn all about the Laws of Motherhood right away. These laws don’t make any sense, but they are fact. Maybe our kids hate us, maybe it is payback for all the trouble we gave our own mothers, or maybe we lost so many brain […]
I Don’t Know How Many Kids We’ll Have, and That’s OK
My son stopped sleeping this week. Like literally just stopped. I put him to bed, crawled into my own bed, rolled over and there he was standing there, staring at me. It’s freaky. Needless to say, I am tired. After a night of zero hours of sleep, I decided it was a […]