There’s a great website/Instagram account called Happy as a Mother that publishes these graphics about the “invisible load of motherhood.” They depict allllll the things that go into one seemingly simple aspect of parenthood—for example, bedtime isn’t just about tucking your kid into bed and reading a book, it’s about transitioning from playtime to bedtime,… Continue reading All the Things Moms Are Thinking About: Pandemic Edition
Welp, it’s Wednesday morning and both of my kids are sick. This is something that I’ve heard would happen, but with our baby just approaching six months old, it hasn’t happened to us until now. I have a sinking feeling this is the start of parenting bootcamp. Miles, age 2, has a fever and flu-like… Continue reading My Kids Are Sick & I’m in Parenting Bootcamp
Happy new year, everyone. On past NYEs, I’ve set resolutions, and other times when I’ve felt like it was uncool to set a resolution, I’ve set intentions. Sometimes I just call them goals. But it’s all the same, right? Resolutions, intentions, goals — we set them because there are ways we want to be BETTER,… Continue reading New Year, Same Mom: Accepting the Messiness of Motherhood
‘Twas the day after Christmas And all through the house The children were stirring Making much more noise than a mouse There was white snow outside And all through the ‘hood Families were out playing, sledding, drinking Making the day look oh so good But inside our home, there was a post-Santa daze… Continue reading Expectations vs. Reality: Snow Day With a Toddler
I’m a bad Christmas mom. Six months ago, I hid four of my 2-year-old son Miles’ favorite toys. Last week, I wrapped them up and stuck them under the tree for him to open on Christmas morning. For my 5-month-old daughter, Linnea, I considered wrapping up some unopened clothing items and toys we received… Continue reading I’m a Bad Christmas Mom: 15 Pieces of Evidence
The other day, someone asked me about the most important thing I’ve learned so far about parenting a toddler. Truly NOTHING is more important than remembering to lift with your legs, but validating feelings is a close second. Through all the tantrums, all the negotiations, all the frustrations of hanging around a toddler all day… Continue reading I Love It When Strangers on Instagram Validate My Not-So-Warm-and-Fuzzy Feelings About Being a Mom
Aloha from Maui. This is my second attempt at writing a post about our family trip to Hawaii. I deleted the first one because immediately after writing it, I realized it made me sound like a total brat, which then made me realize I was BEING a total brat. I’m sitting out on the lanai… Continue reading What I Learned From Our Family Vacation: When Traveling With Kids, Easy Isn’t the Point
Tomorrow, tomorrow, mama goes back to work TOMORROW! Today is the last day of my second and final maternity leave and I’m feeling … chaotic. Today, I’m having a hard time organizing my home office, organizing the rest of my house, organizing my kids’ schedules, organizing what my husband and I are going to eat… Continue reading Today Is My Last Day of Maternity Leave & I’m Feeling Messy
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
