Month: March 2015
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Mama Speaks #14
She could never sleep with us. The parenting world is full of enough theories, techniques, and experts to make your head spin. There’s the breastfeeding/formula discussion, Ferber/CIO/something else decision, working parents vs. stay-at-home parents, best way to introduce solids, which stroller to buy, which car seat is best, UGH.
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The Tween Struggle is Real
When we found out we were having a girl, we were obviously both excited. But I can tell you one thing, I DEFINITELY didn’t anticipate that this crap might happen to me one day.
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Mama Speaks #13
The closest I will ever get to breasfteeding, is squeezing liquefied Fancy Feast down a plastic tube.
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I Tried Rooting for Her
It was late afternoon. He was probably tired, maybe even hungry. She was probably stressed. There were people around. They were watching, staring, judging. And I wanted to have compassion, empathy, understanding. I didn’t want to judge, but it was hard.
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Toddlers Give NCAA Tournament Bracket Advice
We all know that the people that win their office NCAA college basketball bracket are the ones that know the least, and instead pick teams based on where they fall on the list of top party schools. Instead, we should listen to toddlers, because THEY KNOW EVERYTHING!
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My First “Son”
The saying goes something along the lines of, “if you can handle a dog, you can handle a kid.” Well, we all know that isn’t exactly true, but there are lots of hypothetical, and perhaps practical similarities with having both pets and children.