Over the last few years I've walked with a lot of people who have struggled to get or stay pregnant. By going through life with these spectacular ladies as they have dealt with their losses, I've learned a lot. I've learned...
It’s that time of year again. We've had our first rainy 70-degree day, back-to-school ads are everywhere, and schools are starting to send out emails and letters. As a mom, I’m starting to think about everything I have to...
My brother decided to buy my daughter a play kitchen, which I was so excited about. I knew it would be something she would enjoy, and maybe, just maybe, she would use her kitchen to play instead of mine (jury's...
As a parent of a toddler, I'm always looking for healthy breakfast options that are wholesome and yummy. Recently, one of my best friends gave me a recipe that I tried with a few modifications — it came out...
Since when did child care become more expensive than college?
We live in Brookline and pay $26,000 a year for daycare for our 2-year-old daughter. Let that sink in. $26,000! That’s the cost for a no-frills, middle-of-the-road, medium-size day care center. $26,000! That’s...
I’m pretty sure I used to be cool.
I ran with the popular crowd in high school. I played on the tennis team. I read Seventeen magazine. I went to parties. In college I became friends with just about the greatest people...
I am working mom and am proud of it!
Last month I posted about the things that suck about being a working mom — all true feelings, but a bit negative. Now I want to share all the reasons why being a working...
As we count down the weeks until baby number two joins us, my husband and I have been reminiscing about the newborn days. You know, that cute, squishy phase where all they do is eat, sleep, poop, pee, repeat? No toys,...
I've just started a new job. (Yay!) It's part time, which leaves me a little flexibility to do the daily drop offs and pick ups — part and parcel of modern parenthood — but I'm in the office for about three...
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 made the car trips more...
It was 9:15 a.m., I hadn’t slept in eight hours, and my 5-month-old had just projectile spit up all over me. Just as I pulled a clean shirt over my head, he had a blowout diaper. Up to his neck....
So you think you know me, right? I'm that home birth mom. You think you've got me all figured out: I shop at Whole Foods, I wear my baby, and I don’t vaccinate my kids. Well, I do love...