Consider this: you invite a perfect stranger into your life. You learn about each other, enjoy each other, fall in love, and one day decide, as you are no longer strangers, that you will build a life together. Perhaps you get married, perhaps you simply cohabitate. Regardless, you decide to intertwine your independent histories into… Read More Co-Parenting: A Partnership, A Team, A Lifelong Adventure
When I found out I was pregnant with my first, my husband and I waited on pins and needles, laughing our way through the longest 3 minutes of our lives. A long Monday ended with that life changing moment, a bottle of wine (for the hubby), and a night-long game of “name that baby.” The… Read More Growing into Pregnancy No. 2
Dolly, I know we have a lifetime together, but this moment feels like the end of an era. This week, I returned to work, and our early days as a duo have officially ended. I’ve experienced this before, after the 3 months home with your brother, but, my dear girl, this time you reaped the… Read More A Letter to my Daughter: It’s The End of an Era
When we were preparing for our 2nd baby, our focus was primarily on our first born – what will he need or want, and what do we need for maintaining our sanity? Our toddler is very active, and we knew his needs would only get bigger as he grew and transitioned into being the big… Read More The Mama 5: Toddler Essentials (After Baby #2)
“A mother’s job is to teach her children not to need her anymore. The hardest part of that job is accepting success.” (author unknown)… Read More A Letter to My Son: I Love Getting to Know You…
When bringing a second kid into your family (especially within a short time), there are many, many, many things that you will simply reuse. For us, this has definitely been the case, even though we had a boy first, followed by a girl. With the exception of needing some of the “basics” for her, (i.e.… Read More The Mama Five: Top Essentials for Baby 2
Over the past two months, since I became a mother of 2, I have accepted a number of compliments and much praise from friends, family and strangers, alike, for managing two kids with so much “grace” and “ease.” But today I’m coming clean with a secret I’ve been harboring since my daughter was born –… Read More Motherhood 2.0: My Biggest Secret
Parenting is exceptionally hard, but co-parenting can (sometimes) be even harder. It’s defined by partnership, love, friendship, teamwork, trust, doubt, frustration, communication, compromise, trial, error, respect, togetherness, eye rolls, “I told you so” moments, learning, teaching, listening, hugging, fighting, laughing, self-betterment, self-reflection and self-awareness. It’s letting go but not giving up. It’s learning about yourself and… Read More Just Put on a Happy Face…
This is a tough one to write… but I need to so that I can find a way to close this chapter and move forward. About three years ago, my husband and I adopted a dog. We had finally moved from an apartment to a house, and in my mind that instantly meant a dog… Read More The Hardest Parental Decision We’ve Had to Make…
When I was in high school I experimented with not eating. Or, at least eating just enough to maintain my thigh gap – which I discovered is an apple, a cup of coffee, and the occasional hot dog wrapped in lettuce. For the protein. While this phase of my life was relatively short lived, I… Read More The Mom Bod Struggle is Real… (but it came from my babies!)
The Juggle Struggle 