Rachel Wilson

Rachel is a native of the West Coast and didn't know that her straight hair could frizz until she made the move East! After earning a Master of Environmental Management from Yale, she moved to Boston for a job opportunity and, on her first Saturday night in the city, met the man who would become her husband. They married in 2012 and are learning more every day about how to be parents to daughters Annabel (2013) and Eleanor (2016). Rachel and her family recently relocated from Charlestown to the Metrowest suburbs and are enjoying their yard, but dislike shoveling snow from their driveway. Rachel currently works as an energy and environmental consultant, and wore Birkenstocks before they were trendy. Likes: her family, her in-laws, cooking ambitious meals and leaving the dishes for someone else, hiking, running, yoga, climbing mountains, reading books, farmers' markets and her CSA, dark chocolate peanut butter cups, the sound of her daughters' laughter, and coffee Dislikes: running out of milk, New England winters, diaper rash, wastefulness, cell phones at the dinner table

8 Parenting Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

With three kids under 6, I find myself looking for parenting advice wherever I can get it. I have a lot of parenting books on …

Good Riddance to Summer!

As a mother of three little ones who also works outside the home, I keep a lot of schedules in my brain. In summer, it feels like everyone is doing something new every week, and it’s a challenge to keep track of it all. I have definitely had moments of panic when I forget where my oldest is and think that I’ve forgotten to pick her up on time. I’ll be grateful to get back into the school routine and have it stay the same for the next nine months!

Am I Teaching My Kids Bad Manners?

It’s very important to me that my children are polite. They both engage in conversations with adults, and if someone asks how they are, and they respond with, ‘Fine, thank you. How are you?’ I feel like I’ve done my job. But maybe I’m accidentally committing a faux pas that outweighs all that I’ve taught them?

You Know You’re in the Third Trimester When….

Pregnancy is a special time. A woman’s body is going through so many changes in order to support and nurture new life. And, let’s be honest, a lot of those changes suck, particularly in the third trimester. If you’re currently in the third trimester, I hope you can identify with (and laugh about) some of these “special” changes. If you’re in the earlier stages of pregnancy, here are some things you can look forward to. (And if your pregnancies are behind you, you can nod knowingly and be glad these things are in your past.)

black balloon with "boy? girl?" written on it to show gender reveal (natural gender selection)

We Tried Natural Gender Selection

Thank goodness for the internet, which has a ton of information about gender selection! (Note that this is just for fun, and not based on credible science.) The general theory of natural gender selection is that male sperm are faster than female sperm but also more fragile. So you’ve got to give them their best chance at getting to the egg. There are a few ways to do this:

A Mother’s Letter to Santa (My Wish List of Christmas Miracles)

Dear Santa. You’re busy this time of year, I get that. But you’re also in the business of Christmas miracles, and that’s what I need more than anything you could wrap and leave under the tree. So here’s the list of things I’d like for Christmas this year.