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Motherhood Is…
Guarding a handful of half-rotten crab apples with your life because these are someone’s “treasure”. Loving the way your child’s small hand fits perfectly inside of yours. Looking in the mirror and...
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If I Had The Chance To Do It All Over Again
Do you ever wish you could go back in time? What if you knew everything back in those first days of motherhood that you know now? Here is the first installment of what might become a series on what I...
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Reserved for Customers with Young Children
Before having kids, I thought those parking spaces reserved for shoppers with young children were ridiculous. My husband and I would joke, “What’s next? Parking places that are only for red-haired...
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Five Non-Casserole Food Ideas to Bring to a Family With a New Baby
I have a confession, I am terrible at bringing food to my friends who have just had babies. I worry that they won’t like my cooking, or that the dish will turn out terrible, or not keep well, or not...
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20 Questions
Do you ever wonder what your child really thinks about you? In graduate school, I had a class with a woman who had done a survey like this with her kids. In response to the question, “What does...
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The Little Voice in My Son’s Head
Around the time my son, Wolfy turned three years old, he started saying something strange. “I’m not very good at that.” It’s not a very unusual thing to hear from an older kid, but coming from Wolfy, I...
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A Survival Guide for Introverts Parenting Small Children
Recently I read a thread on social media in which fellow introvert-parents were lamenting how they never get to be alone anymore. One of the people on the thread hadn’t been home alone for over a year....
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Reclaiming Our Bed
We are a family of accidental co-sleepers. We didn’t set out to share our bed with our children but we didn’t really try to stop it from happening. My husband and I don’t have any ideological belief...
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It Goes By So Fast
A few days ago, I went over to my friends’ house to meet their new baby boy. Since having my own babies, I can really appreciate how lucky I am to have a chance to visit during the first few weeks of a...
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Visual Snack Menu
My three year old boy recently started public preschool. He goes there every morning from 7:30-11:00am and they have a snack time in the middle. I’ve been so anxious about sending my son off to school....
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Giving Up Control of the Halloween Costume
Halloween is my favorite holiday. I love making costumes and I love candy. What more does a person need? Then this year, my almost-four-year-old son decided he wanted to be Daniel Tiger, the main...
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12 Things I Love About Three Years Old
A year ago, when my son turned three years old, someone told me that this would be the year his knuckles would change. The backs of his chubby hands would morph from being punctuated by little dimples...
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Surviving The Why Stage
My newly-four-year-old son is deeply entrenched in the “Why Stage”. For the past six months he has been constantly asking, “Why why why?” and it’s driving me crazy! Seriously. I think I’ve finally...
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Chanukah, My Beloved Underdog Holiday
Last week while we were riding in the car, my four-year-old son Wolfy asked, “Are we Christmas people?” Christmas people? What are Christmas people? This holiday season, Wolfy has been obsessed with...
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The Night Before the Very First Day of School
After you fell asleep tonight, I peaked into your room. You lay with your arms spread wide across your bed, your body impossibly long and lean. Watching you lie there in the semi-darkness, all I could...
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Ditch the Breastfeeding Cover!
Ladies, can we all just agree on something? It’s time to ditch the nursing cover! You know the ones I’m talking about; they look like a strange miniature apron. And they even come in different colors...
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Our Bodies Are Not ‘Meant For’ Childbirth
Our bodies are meant for this. This innocent-sounding phrase is everywhere. You read it in novels. You hear the instructor in childbirth class repeat it again and again. And it’s all over on social...
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Taming the Tiger Mom Inside Myself
I keep making the same parenting mistake over and over I need desperately need to learn to stop. I need to teach myself to quit being such a “tiger mom” before I end up seriously harming my kids....
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How to Get Your Four-Year-Old to Preschool On Time (A Guest Post by my...
6:00am Lean over in the dark and peak at your phone. Freak out! You only have 30 minutes until it begins… 1 minute later (Actual time- 6:30) Hear that accursed chime – your alarm clock – your daily...
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Saturday Nights With Children
Six months ago our family began having “Movie Night” once a week. We started doing this to try to feel more connected as a family by having our own special traditions. On “Movie Night” we eat popcorn...
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