Tag: motherhood

Won’t You Be My Bestie?

I have a surprising confession to make: I have no close friends. I mean, I'm close with my mother, sisters, and my boyfriend—but outside of...

I Let Myself Go . . . And It’s AWESOME!

Red. Lipstick. There was a woman dropping her kids off at school yesterday wearing RED LIPSTICK. No, it wasn’t some smeary mess left over from...

11 Types of Mom Friends (and Why They’re Important)

Until she started school, Lily’s friends were children of my friends. Now she’s making friends on her own; and, as a result, I find...

How My Kid Kicked Me Out of the House

For the first thirty years of my life, I was what most people would call a hermit. I wasn't at a clinical level of...

A Veteran Mom’s Baby Must-Haves

I have a fourteen and a half year gap between my middle child and my third child. Needless to say, things have changed A...

Three Is Our Magic Number

"A man and a woman had a little baby... They had three in the family. And that's a magic number." --from Schoolhouse Rock's Three Is a Magic...

What Has Changed (and What Hasn’t!) Between Having My First and...

Since my daughter was born 7 weeks ago, I’ve hardly written anything. That’s not surprising since I am not much of a journal-keeper; it’s...

Baby Wearing 101 — #wearallthebabies

I carried my baby four different times today! I realize that to some that might sound foreign, but I was just introduced to baby wearing...

My Breastfeeding Journey: From Exclusively Pumping to Nursing My Baby

It's 8pm on a Tuesday evening, and I'm nursing my baby to sleep. For a lot of breastfeeding moms, this wouldn't be a big...

Baby-Led Weaning (or Purees Make me Puke!)

When our son was around 5 months old, he grabbed a chunk of avocado off of my salad and shoved it in his mouth. He had...