[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Ali Wilkinson of Run, Knit, Love My son started at a French immersion school last year. On his first day of school, my French was limited to “Where is the bathroom?” and “Do you want to go to bed with me?” (thanks Moulin Rouge). So I thought I […]
By Karen Johnson of The 21st Century SAHM My husband and I have some couple-friends who do not have kids. And we have 3. And they are small and loud. This past weekend, wonderfully kind friends of ours invited us (ALL of us) over to their kid-less house to watch […]
An image of a woman breastfeeding her 11-month old while sitting on a toilet went viral last year, causing an uproar after the image was uploaded to her Instagram and Facebook pages. (To see the picture in question, visit her response to the uproar on Huffington Post.) Though some people […]
Free range parenting and the backlash it generates are all the rage these days. It’s like you can’t hide under the covers without encountering a news article or blog post either calling for our return to this parenting philosophy or chastising a parent for letting her child snooze in the […]
1. She needs a ukulele. When you can spell it, you can have it, kid. 2. The pony that was in the corner of the room doesn’t belong there. The blocks she left out all over the living room didn’t seem to bother her all day. Guess what, honey? When […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] I am a proud Michigander. With the exception of a four year stint in Florida, I have lived in the Great Lakes State my entire life, and while enduring nearly nine months of winter every year certainly takes its toll on residents, I would say it […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] I’m not a worrisome mom. At least not about the small things. The biggest thing that keeps me up at night is worrying my kids won’t have anyone to eat lunch with at school. My kids are 1 and 2 and I’m just a little bit […]
Nobody told me how hard parenthood would be. Sure, they tried on some level, but I didn’t get it — couldn’t get it. There was all the talk about being sleep deprived and begging for a shower, of course, but no one can truly understand how grueling those first few months […]