I’ve Finally Found What Completely Wigs Me Out As A Mother
It isn’t the diapers. It isn’t the spit up. (Caroline rarely did this anyway.) It isn’t anything food or feeding related. What truly wigs me out is when Caroline DRINKS THE …
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It isn’t the diapers. It isn’t the spit up. (Caroline rarely did this anyway.) It isn’t anything food or feeding related. What truly wigs me out is when Caroline DRINKS THE …
I’m forty years old and I’ve experienced a lot of life in those forty years. And yet just when I think I’ve seen or heard it all, I discover (again) that I haven’t. I found …
A few weeks ago, Susan left a comment after I linked to this article: To Raise Baby Einsteins, TLC Will Suffice. She said: Hi Sallie- This is an interesting comment because it dovetails with something …
It only took me 364 days and 13 hours, but I finally figured out what the hardest part of the first year of parenting was for me. It wasn’t the sleep deprivation. It wasn’t the loss of …
I noticed a number of years ago that if I run into people I haven’t talked to recently and asked them how they were doing I almost always got the same answer: “Oh, I’m so …
I decided it was time for a little Caroline update, especially since I had to post this picture. My friend, Katrina, a Purdue grad, sent this bib to us when Caroline was born. There aren’t too …
My friend, Amy B., is putting together a New Parent Survival Basket for her brother-in-law and his wife. They are expecting their first child in a few weeks. Amy wondered if I had any ideas and I …
Yes, folks, there is a World Breastfeeding Week and it is now. Um, not being terribly versed in the subject myself, I’ll just address three things. (And before doing so I will yet again publicly …
First of all, you all need to stop saying how much you are going to miss me. Just about every time I read that I either get misty or I feel like a heel. And when I think about continuing as a parent …
If you are new to my website, I highly recommend reading a few of my previous posts before reading this post about deciding to have an only child. They are long, but this post will make more sense if …