Parenthood Archives - Page 2 of 11

06/18/19

How I Knew I Was Done Having Kids And Why I Chose The Paragard® IUD

Sometimes, I think that if I had started having kids earlier in my life (I was 34 when I had my first), I might have gone for a third. But then I remind myself of a few things…

05/16/19

What Meghan Markle and Amy Schumer’s Photos Tell Us About New Motherhood

My goal is not to shame Meghan. It’s to praise Amy for making the image of new motherhood we usually see on social media more complete.

05/15/19

I Couldn’t Wait For Maternity Leave To Be Over

“Aren’t you so sad to leave your baby every day?” was a frequent question from friends and co-workers. “Oh yes,” I’d reply with my saddest expression. I couldn’t let them know how I actually felt: FREE!!!

04/10/19

Teaching My Daughter to Embrace her Small Stature

Hayley knows that when I have an important meeting, I put on heels. If I wanted to convince my daughter that her height was not a disadvantage, I needed to start by changing my own mindset.

01/03/19

Happy Imperfect New Year

This year, when it came to getting the family dressed up for holiday photos, I just wasn’t feeling it.

08/07/18

Is It Okay to Tell Your Daughter She is Beautiful?

The other day I found myself thinking about my own insecurities and realized that I wasted so much of my young life wondering if I was attractive or not.

06/14/18

How to Talk to People about Your Baby When They Don’t Want to Anymore

This is an excerpt from Doug Moe’s hilarious new book “Man vs. Child: One Dad’s Guide to the Weirdness of Parenting.”

05/15/18

How to Survive Your First Year of Parenting

Parenthood is a roller coaster and the initiation period, aka that first year, is basically your uphill road to the top. It’s slow, scary, exciting and seems like it goes on FOREVER.

03/15/18

A New Home for Remarkably Average Parents

As my kids get older, parenting issues become harder to talk about in public. I’m guessing many of you feel the same. So, I started a new facebook group for us all to commiserate together.

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03/01/18

My 8 Worst Breast Pumping Moments

Every working mom who continues to breastfeed after returning to the office is more than familiar with THE PUMP.

01/23/18

Our Family is Growing Up

As much as I want to freeze us all in time and make sure we don’t age another day, the kids are getting older and our family dynamic is shifting.

01/08/18

Explaining Why Women Wore Black to my 8yo Daughter

Mazzy walked into the living room last night during the Golden Globes (she was supposed to be sleeping) and immediately asked, “Why is everyone wearing black?”

10/04/17

8 Changes I’ve Made to Our Morning to Get Us to School On Time

We have in no way mastered our mornings yet. But we’re ticking along and I’m only screaming for about 50% of the time, so I must be doing something right.

05/30/17

One Toddler’s Interpretation of a Normal Day

While Mom sighs and roll her eyes through each frustrating moment of her day, her toddler has a totally different interpretation. This is why parenthood, frustrations and all, is still such a privilege and a joy.

02/03/17

Revisiting 8 Extraordinary Families

For my last post in the series, I asked each family a few additional questions about their experience. I find that often the support from my readers after their post is published is what creates the biggest impression of all.