Category: A Mommy’s Life

She came bumping down the aisle with her knockoff Prada bag flung over her elbow, not caring who or what she knocked on the way.  I get it, the aisles are narrow and I do …

I see you out there, all over the internet, sending your kids off to their first days of the school year.  Your perfectly dressed children, holding cute little signs. I see their perfect little bento …

We are now on day 4 with 4 kids and truthfully, it’s been absolutely amazing.  Not only is Pipsqueak such an easy-going and calm baby, but big sisters have overall been very well-behaved and even …

I had to run around a little bit this morning.  After a week of putting things off, there was just stuff to get done for a variety of reasons: 1) There is a tropical storm …

You’ll constantly hear pregnant women complaining about being uncomfortable the last few weeks of their pregnancies.  The waiting for baby can be exhausting and nerve-racking and the bigger baby gets, the more physically uncomfortable late …

Yesterday was exhausting. By 8:30, I reported to hubby that it was going to be the longest.day.ever.  By 9:30, my children had destroyed the baby’s room (where all of their toys currently reside).  By 10:30, …

Many people would look at my little Sugarplum and point out all the things she’s “missed out on” in life.  She turns 5 today and has never been to school.  She has never been on …

I carried them in my body for 40 weeks, each.  I grew them, cell-by-cell, limb-by-limb, inch-by-inch.  My body created them from two half-cells into tiny but whole people. I birthed them, laboring for 1/2 a …

There are a lot of transitions in childhood that are all about timing and some of them, like potty training, breatmilk/bottle weaning, giving up the pacifier, and moving to a toddler bed are parent led. …

I would guess it is expected that most people these day will eventually have children.  Some of those who chose to have children will stop after one wonderful (or difficult) child.  And while every family’s reasoning …