I've always been a little bit obsessed with "health." And by health I mean exercise and weight management. So not really health. Growing up my parents were always training for one race or another, oftentimes a marathon. And I was always training for the next tryout. Soccer, diving, ultimate. As a family we were almost [...]
Category: Parenthood
This is Motherhood
The drive home took three and a half hours. One and a half of which was spent leaning over the passenger seat picking up a dropped iPad, sock, water bottle - and feeding puffs one by one to a screaming baby. Dinner was no improvement. A rejected PB&J tossed casually into the trash, and threats [...]
Cheers to Four(ty) Years
Today Dan and I have been married for 4 years. Which is really like 40 in kid years. Because one year of marriage with kids is pretty much equal to 10 years of marriage without kids. Now I know all the people without kids are like WTF NO. Marriage is hard whether or not you procreate. And [...]
3-Year-Olds are Assholes…and Other Unfortunate Realities of Parenthood
Three-year-olds are horrible. And by three, I really mean like, two to four. I'm hoping it ends by four. I guess I don't really know. Some of my coworkers tell me that not all three-year-olds are assholes. Which I guess I believe because there are definitely some parents who have these angelic first-children and think [...]
Starbucks vs. Dunkin Donuts – An Overtired Mom’s Pointless Observations
In my 10 years as a coffee drinker I have learned that there are three types of people in the world. People who drink Dunkin' Donuts, people who drink Starbucks, and people who don't have young kids. I know this because people who have young kids: 1. need coffee on approximately the same level as they 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 [...]
10 Ridiculous Things Parents Will Do to for a Few Minutes of Sleep
This past week parenting publications everywhere commenced a full-on freak out about the new Lulla doll, and the fact that incredibly overtired parents everywhere were willing to shell out $100+ bucks for it. I'm still not quite sure why this is news, considering American Girl Dolls cost like $150 million dollars (not including clothes), and those have [...]
Happy Birthday Mia
Three years ago today. Both of us were so brand new. And now, you're jumping on my bed. Strong legs and sinewy limbs. Abs strong enough to lift your entire body up onto the rings. My heart bursts with pride. This year has been filled with so many firsts. So many catch-your-breath moments when daddy [...]
The Global OB Fee Trap: How to Find and Fight It
***Click here for an UPDATE - 2 years later*** I usually write in this blog about babies and breastfeeding and potty training and other cute and gross and funny and sentimental things. So I apologize in advance for this one. It's about insurance. STOP! Don't leave. I know insurance is not what anyone wants to talk or [...]
Pray for Change
This week has been so fucked up I don't even know where to start but I feel like I need to write something if not for the world (much more eloquent people have already shared their thoughts) then for myself, to help organize the crisis that is in my head right now. Since everything that [...]
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