Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know about Parenting (until you really need to know)

One of my least appealing qualities as a person is the number of mom groups I belong to on Facebook. Seriously it's embarrassing. I am what "people who are in a lot of mom groups on Facebook" refer to as a lurker. I pretty much never post, rarely respond, but often roll my eyes at [...]

These are a Few of My Favorite Things (The Ultimate Baby Registry Review)

Lucy is officially one, and as she grows out of the baby stage and into toddlerhood, I'm celebrating by selling all of her stuff. Ha- sorry Lucy! I'll admit, I did have a small moment of sentimentality - particularly when I mailed off that SollyBaby wrap that she basically lived in for the first couple months - but [...]

The 2016 Christmas Photo Fiasco – Santa Edition

Welp...here we go again. Four plus weeks without a peep over here in mommy blogger land. I'd like to say that it's because I've been busy wrapping presents and baking cookies and making homemade fudge (OMG neighbors please stop making me look bad! But also please don't stop bringing us fudge...k? I promise I'm making [...]

When Your Kids Don’t Sleep

The fact that sleep deprivation is legitimately used as a form of torture is not at all surprising to any parent ever. What is slightly more concerning is that according to science, sleep deprivation can lead to all sorts of chronic health problems including weight gain, heart disease, hallucinations, impaired brain activity (maybe Donald Trump is in need [...]

The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful of Breastfeeding

It's World Breastfeeding Week and once again I have a little nursling who wakes me every few hours at night, and who reminds me to sit down every few hours during the day and just be. She's my last and it makes me nostalgic just to think about life after she weans. Free-er but farther [...]