Katrina McCarty

Recently I sat in the living room of a friend. I held her new baby in my arms as we talked about being moms, working (and going back to work), our health, and more....

We are fortunate to have two sets of grandparents who live locally in Newton and Jamaica Plain. My 4-year-old daughter sees her grandparents several times a month — we trek into the aquarium or out...

1. The first rule of potty club: Do not talk about potty club.  The more I talked, the more stressed I was. We started potty training just before my daughter's third birthday. It felt late — check Google and...

Maybe it's the questions from strangers about when we'll have another child — those questions come really quickly after you have one. Maybe's it's the clichéd ticking of the biological clock. Either way, I feel the need to...

Friday night is restaurant night in our family. We meal plan and shop for the week and cook Saturday through Thursday, so by Friday all bets are off. We're tired and we look forward...

Disclaimer: The following post is sponsored. However, we would not promote or work with a business we did not believe to be reputable or relevant to our readers. Silver jewelry might just be my kryptonite....

I'm not an impromptu person. I like plans, agendas, and carefully considered ideas. Parenting has forced me (and sometimes I'm grateful) to try to let it go — like the never-ending Disney song suggests....

I'm angry. I'm sad. I'm disappointed. I'm mad. This Bill Cosby news is awful. I remember car trips with my parents and brother. We listened to cassette tapes of Bill Cosby's stand-up comedy. The humor...

I've started to notice there are days I wish I was 4 instead of closing in on 40. I didn't feel this way when my daughter was an infant or even a toddler. Maybe it's...

Motherhood comes with a host of choices about what is best for you, your family, and your children. We at Boston Moms Blog are a diverse group of moms who want to embrace these...

We recently got a story for my daughter called "Giraffes Can't Dance." Gerald the Giraffe loves music, but at the big jungle dance he just feels awkward and doesn't fit in. He meanders off...

My daughter and I have checked out quite a few Boston area local spray/splash parks over the last few summers. A roundup of our top local picks as well as a few local lists to find...