Linnea is five and a half months old and today is her first day of daycare (insert crying-face emoji … not laughing-crying-face emoji, just straight-up crying). I feel sad and guilty and confused and scared and SAD a second time. Overall, my state of mind is completely different from how I felt when Miles started… Continue reading Today Is My Baby’s First Day of Daycare & Maybe I’m Not Totally Ready
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
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
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!
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?
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
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)
