1 Mother 2 Another

Every year Christmas seems to get here sooner, and my lists seem to get longer: my to-do list, my shopping list, my list of gift recipients,...

 I’ve just dumped all the vacation photos from my digital camera, and can’t believe how much we crammed into twelve short days. Maddie exper...

Cora woke up Tuesday complaining of an achy ear. She had no fever and didn’t act like a typical ear infection, so I figured she’d slept on i...

Four days after my daughter was born my milk came in, and with it came the hormones.  I found myself crying for a whole week for no apparent...

Congratulations!  You’re pregnant.  Now comes the hard part.   Nope, not talking about labor.  Not talking about raising your kids right.  N...

Maddie’s had several loose teeth for many months now, but after losing one tooth last year the rest have stubbornly insisted on hanging in t...

Ok, I’m going to tell the truth here, and if I get angry emails in response, so be it. A girlfriend who doesn’t have children asked me today...

Since Maddie’s over two and definitely developing a will of her own, we’re working on consistent discipline with Maddie and sometimes it see...

Every once in a while, I read something by another mom and think, “Yeah.  She gets it.”  Today was one of those days. Babycenter has sever...

Our local arboretum is doing its annual spring flower show, and this year the theme is Fairy Tales. To that end, they’ve hired several desig...