Today is Linnea’s four-month birthday and the mini milestone is making me think about something I’ve been musing over since Miles was a tiny baby. With both kids, but especially Linnea, I marvel at the predictability of babies and little kids. In some ways, I can’t believe I’m writing that. Babies? Toddlers? PREDICTABLE? As if.… Continue reading My Kids Bring a Sense of Order to a Chaotic World. Really! They Do!
Welp. Just got back from a family trip to the old pumpkin patch. It was … terrible. And honestly, I think I expected it to be terrible. We do these things as parents because we’re supposed to. We’re supposed to build traditions, take our kids to do activities, get out of the house, celebrate the… Continue reading 20 Easy Steps to Taking Your Kids to the Pumpkin Patch
Remember the Baby-Sitters Club series, the quintessential young-adult books about the teenage girls who all sit at someone’s house in Connecticut every week, waiting for the phone to ring with parents looking to book babysitters? There was Kristy, the responsible one, Stacey, the cool one who for some reason had diabetes, Mary Anne, the quiet… Continue reading Where’s the Baby-Sitters Club When I Need It?
Lately, I’ve been kinda obsessed with giving myself grace and reminding myself it’s okay to not always be the BEST mom. Sometimes it’s okay to be a so-called ‘bad’ mom, as long as you keep your kids are safe and healthy (note the quotes around bad, I’m not condoning ACTUALLY being a bad mom, more… Continue reading Finding the Balance Between Good Mom and “Bad” Mom
We flew to Palm Springs today. Not only was it 12-week-old Linnea’s first flight, but it was also a first for 22-month old Miles — that’s what happens when you have two babies during a pandemic. I was nervous to fly with both kids. Who wouldn’t be? It’s a scary thing, to get on a… Continue reading Traveling With Children: Wait, Is This Stranger Posting My Kid’s Tantrum on TikTok?
Birth certificates and diaper bags and pack ‘n plays, oh my! I’ve been reading a lot about the invisible labor of motherhood and never have I felt it as much as this week, as we prepare for a family trip to Palm Springs. Not only will it be 12-week-old Linnea’s first time on a plane,… Continue reading Prepping to Travel With Children: There’s a Difference Between a Vacation and a Trip
I feel disheartened today. I went into the day wanting to write about what it’s like to get a toddler to eat, what it’s like to try to take a toddler and a newborn hiking (TLDR: It’s “hiking” not hiking), how I feel guilty because I give my toddler more attention than the baby. But… Continue reading Why Won’t You Eat the Orange Slices? Narrative of a Toddler Meltdown
I love reading. I’ve always loved reading. My favorites have evolved from the American Girl books as a kid to Babysitters Club and Sweet Valley as a teenager (and if I’m being honest for a few years that wouldn’t TECHNICALLY be ‘teenage’ and MIGHT be considered ‘full-blown adult’) to contemporary fiction, rom coms and women’s… Continue reading Book Recommendations (For You, Not Your Kids)
Let’s talk about imposter syndrome. Specifically, mom imposter syndrome. I wrote about the topic about a month after Miles was born and I’m revisiting it now because the feeling has intensified now that I’m a mother of two. I’ve always suffered from imposter syndrome. Honestly, I think most people — at least most women — do.… Continue reading Imposter Syndrome: Mom Edition (Part 2)
I OF COURSE love both my children the same. But having been a mom of two for a whopping nine days, I’m learning that moms love their kids in different ways on different days. The first few days after we brought Linnea home, I found myself feeling more bonded to Miles than Linnea. I felt… Continue reading How Having a Second Baby Changes The Way I Love the First One
