Whether you’d like to admit it or not, we’ve all judged other moms at least once in our lifetimes. Maybe you were single and nowhere near having children, or a new mom, or pregnant when you did it. In any case, we’ve all been a judgy mom at one time or another. I’ve done it….
Category: Mommyhood
What I Want My Firstborn to Know as We Prepare for Baby #2
As I prepare to give birth to my second child, I’m reflecting a lot on how different this pregnancy is from my first, and how life will change with the addition of another child. I’ve talked to people with two and three kids and I’ve learned that it’s not going to be an easy adjustment….
Unicorn Moms and Facebook Mom Groups {Are they Helpful or Harmful}
Last week, the world of Facebook mom groups blew up with a viral post calling out the admins of the popular “Unicorn Moms” group. In the post, the Unicorn Moms group was referred to as a ‘cult’ and the admins were accused of “talking shit” about a women who had expressed a desire to harm…
What We’re Into This Week…Volume 9
What we’re reading… Girl Stop Apologizing Some of our contributors picked up the latest read from Rachel Hollis. With only a few days in, one contributor shared, “My first impression was that (while she was narrating) her heart wasn’t in it like when she was narrating GWYF. But now I feel like she is perfectly…
Trisomy Awareness Month
March is Trisomy Awareness Month. Because my family lives the “Trisomy life”, we want to share some of our Trisomy life with you. My induction into the Trisomy tribe, I imagine, was something akin to baptism by fire. We had no warning. I was planning on going out for tacos. Instead, I was emergently admitted…
What We’re Into This Week… Volume 8
What we’re reading… Different: The Story of an Outside-the-Box Kid and the Mom Who Loved Him by Sally Clarkson and Nathan Clarkson. I just started this book a few days ago. It is told by both the mother and the son (who is now an adult). They each give their own perspective on how they…
Five Years With You
My kids each have a special place in my heart. Skylar is my oldest. She is stubborn to the core. She is very sure of her likes and dislikes and changing her mind is like controlling the weather. While it can make her difficult to parent, I’ve found ways to work with her. She’s taught…
Self Care that Doesn’t Cost You
Self Care is a buzzword. I mean, after all, it’s a GIF option to add to your Instagram story. You’ll find “treat yo self,” “self care Sunday,” “love yourself,” “self love,” with a simple search of self care. You’ll see people share how they’re putting themselves first by getting a massage or a mani-pedi. Sure,…
Reflections on My Career and Motherhood as I Turn 35
A few weeks ago, someone in a Facebook group in which I’m a member, posed the question: “When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?” Throughout my childhood and into my high school years, when posed this question, I remember always bouncing between two things: a lawyer or an…
Intensive Parenting: Let Them be Little
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a pretty common, and seemingly innocent, question parents ask their children. But questioning children about the fate of their future is more loaded than we think. In the preface of her memoir, “Becoming,” Michelle Obama writes, “Now I think it is one of the…