Tips, Solutions and Humor for Moms
What I Wish I’d Known: My Memory Would Fail Me By Karen Sprinkle If I had known how little I would remember later, I would have recorded the dates and details on photographs. Two of my children looked a whole lot alike when they were infants. Enough said. One thing that I regret is not [...]
Set Up Good Systems & Embrace Imperfection I was a student of organization during the last two decades of the twentieth century. I struggled as many of you do with clutter and chaos. I read books, tried new techniques, enjoyed a few successes and learned how NOT to do things. I declared myself to be [...]
It’s the little things… By Christy Parrott There were things I expected about mothering – the hugs, kisses, cute things said or done. I was braced for big dramas like potty training, separation anxiety, and sleep training. But I wasn’t prepared for the reality of dealing with kids all day and how the little things [...]
Restaurant dining – at least with young children – will never be the same again. By Jenny Oberhaus For six years, it was our Friday ritual: Come home from work. Have a cocktail or glass of wine. Go out to dinner. Enjoy a relaxing meal. For my husband and I, it was our one night [...]
What I Wish I’d Known: If you think children are annoying, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have your own (This falls into the “Embrace the fact you’re not a saint” category) By Heather Hopp-Bruce Before I had kids, I enjoyed being with kids for limited amounts of time and panicked when asked to hold a baby. [...]
Angie’s Perspective Being a mom is, by far, the absolute best job I have ever had. But, as the mother of a now two-year-old, I can look back and say “I wish I had known” about several things. Babies are Really Expensive. It’s not a secret that having a baby is an expensive endeavor. But, I don’t [...]
What I wish I’d known? By Susan Fletcher I have to admit, one of the most exciting things I found about being pregnant – besides the fact I was creating a new mini me – was that it opened up a whole new world of reading material. Nothing highly intellectual mind, work is far too [...]
The Importance of Mom Friends By Shell Jeanette It’s been almost 8 years since I first became a mom. Three kids later and early motherhood is not much more than a blur of dirty hair and lack of sleep. What I really wish someone had told me was how important it was to go out [...]
You NEED Mom friends. Seriously. And a lot of them. You need them to lean on, share stories with, laugh with, cry with, vent to, go on mom’s night out with, to just be like, “Yep, my kid does that too,” and for the ever important, “I am SO using that with my child!” Get [...]
Follow Your Instincts By Sarah DiCello Before my first daughter was born I tended to be a pretty passive person. Nothing overly excited me or got me to stand on my soapbox and shout, “You must listen to me world!” That all changed with the birth of Ava. She was a very tough baby to [...]
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