Potty Training Your Toddler in 30 Easy Steps :: A Definitive Guide
Step 1. Stop in diaper aisle. Mutter to self about flushing money down the toilet with each diaper purchase. Realize that diapers don’t actually come in any larger size before they begin to be labeled for adult incontinence. Side eye toddler.
Meal Planning Mama
For me, meal planning and prep have been an evolving process. As my family has grown and expanded and their palates and proclivities have varied, I’ve had to get creative about what I prepare for them.
Call to Order :: The Family Meeting
As soon as your kids are preschool age, consider calling to order a Family Meeting. It’s a way to give everyone in the family a voice (and to take those little voices seriously), to practice democracy, and to show that we’re part of a team with common goals. And, it’s — yet again — a way to slow down and touch base with one another.
An Apology to My 1998 Sorority Semiformal Pint Glass
I’m sorry that you have to sit on a counter with a baby bottle and a sippy cup that somehow has a wad of silly putty adhered to the side of it. You will likely meet your eventual demise at the greasy hands of a child. One of them will bumble across the kitchen holding you — full of milk — then trip on their own feet and send you flying to the tile floor. You will shatter and die, and they will not understand why their otherwise iron-souled mother will burst into tears.
Why I Left the Career I Loved :: Becoming a Stay-at-Home Mom
I thought I could be great at mommying while being great at teaching. I planned birthday parties, attended school events, packed five lunches every night, and scheduled play dates and outings. By social media standards, I was killing it. But I wasn’t. I was on autopilot, and there were glitches I had no time to catch or fix.
My Kids Are Addicted to Fortnite
Even when they weren’t playing the game, it was all they could think about. They were addicted to Fortnite. Talking to other moms about it, I found that Fortnite addiction isn’t limited to my own house. It’s running rampant in the tween-age set.
Why We’re Keeping Birthday Parties Co-ed a Little Longer
This year, for the first time, some students are starting to have ‘just boys’ or ‘just girls’ parties. To be honest, there are some things that were appealing about that, especially with a son who wanted a football party. There’s nothing wrong with that choice, and it’s very possible we’ll make a different one next year. But we chose to keep it co-ed this year, and here are some of the reasons I’m glad we did.
Why I Get Myself Into These Things…
I felt lost and alone, despite the fact that I was surrounded by family and friends. So I did what I had always done: I joined things. I longed to make mom friends and connect with them in a way that was not possible with my husband, my friends who are not mothers, or even my friends who are mothers, but of older children. I needed moms in the same ‘boat’ I was sinking in — that sleep-deprived, drowning-in-love, disoriented-and-dehydrated, struggling-with-breastfeeding, hating-my-post-pregnancy-body boat.
To the Moms of Hyperactive Kids During Winter
Let’s talk about winter. Have you seen your kids become stir crazy and experience cabin fever? Try living with us. I never knew what hyperactivity was really like until seeing it in my son. Unless we’re on vacation or out and about, things are just dang hard, ya’ll. We never get the in between, where a kid will sit during screen time or do a craft for 10 or 15 minutes. Instead, we get the need to have the TV/tablet on while juggling a whole bunch of other things simultaneously. Having a kid who despises crafts or seated projects indoors is definitely hard, especially when it is super cold like Boston can be. Activities with continuous movement are what we need.
