Category: Family Life

We started back with potty training Doodle a few weeks ago and after our initial failure in the fall, it’s gone amazingly well.  He’s not had a pee accident in quite some time and I …

I’m by no means an anti-vaxxer.  All my children have been vaccinated on schedule with the exception of Sugarplum whose back and forth babyhood put her on a hybrid Irish/American schedule and Honeybun’s Varicella booster …

It’s been 4 1/2 half months since Pipsqueak joined our family but it really has flown by and certainly doesn’t feel like it’s been that long since we started life with 4 kids. The thing …

Yesterday morning, I was up at 6:07 with the baby (though he did sleep through from 10:30 so I won’t complain about being tired).  I sat down on the couch to feed him and pump …

We all have times where we collapse at the end of a rough day and think things like “am I a horrible parent?” or “I’m just not cut out for this” or “I think there was …

Babies: They seem innocent enough.  They’re these cute little cuddly things, full of love.  And fluids.  And they need a lot of attention and just when you think you’ve got them figured out, they hit …

I’m not a typical blogger with a holiday gift guide.  Instead I do a “No Thank You” list of gifts I don’t want for my kids this year!  (See 2014 and 2013). I’ve got a new baby …

I decided to try making homemade marshmallows with the kids.  Because of Doodle’s previous reaction to corn, I try as much as possible to stay away from corn syrup and since that is the first …

It’s no secret that the national c-section rate is hovering somewhere near 1/3 of all births.  And most people will probably agree that the rate is way too high.  The World Health Organization believes that the target rate …

When I had Honeybun over 7 years ago, no one really talked about what would happen AFTER the baby was here.  I was discharged from the hospital with a newborn, the words “take your pain …