When my daughter was a baby, I used to buy these little plastic table covers. If we were ever to eat out at a restaurant, I would first sanitize the high chair and then I would lay out two or three of these sticky plastic placemats on the table, so that her reaching radius was ...
The greatest call to the pediatrician ever. In history. I promise.
It was not so long ago that I wrote all about my experience and evolution as a mother, and how I have learned so much in just four and a half years. I wrote, with confidence, about my expertise, and how I no longer have crazy frantic calls to the pediatrician or rushed emergency visits because ...
When I peed on that stick–all I didn’t know, 2.0
When my daughter was just shy of 18 months old I wrote about all of the things that I didn't know when I had first decided to become a mother. How that list has grown. Since that time I have learned about RSV and nebulizers, I have learned about cheerios vs. puffs, Disney Junior as opposed to Nick Junior... the ...
With my two hands.
Today was an unusual day. I got a call from my husband when he went to drop our daughter at school and he told me that school was closed for Passover. I raced to the car and met them, and picked up my daughter and he went off to work. He was a bit annoyed. Not at ...
Mommy tip for a rainy day:
When the skies are gray and the rain is a'fallin', and you're singing with your kid, and she asks, "Why didn't the old man get up in the morning?" You say, "Because he got up in the afternoon." I know. You can thank me later.
Spring Break.
Please hear me as I say, loud and clear, I love my children. I live for them. I miss them when they are not with me. When I dine at a restaurant without them, I feel like something is missing. When I pick up my daughter from school each day, I exhale, feeling peace that we are reunited. ...
A (partial) Day in the Life of a Mother With Two Young Children and Postpartum Depression
4:40 am wake up because I think I hear a noise outside. I go down to investigate. Twice. The mystery remains unsolved. 6:15 wake up to the sound of my daughter's voice. She had previously been instructed to play in her room upon waking until we come to get her (since the past few days have been ...
Ahhh motherhood.
Another 5:30 wakeup from my girl. To be exact it was 5:35, when I heard her calling from her room, beckoning me to snuggle with her. I figured we'd go back to sleep together. But her eyes remained open, fixed on me, until 5:50, when she popped out of bed, looked out her window and shouted, "Mommy! It's light ...
Between Friends
I have to admit something; I was never much of a coffee drinker... until motherhood. I was a total tea gal, and I kind of had some sort of weird pride in that title. "Oh no, I only drink tea." Gave me some hipster street cred (in my head). I always loved the smell, but I'd happily sip on ...
Mother of the year.
It may be chaos over here. I may have let the dog out and forgotten to let her in and now can't move because the baby finally fell asleep on me. I may hear my daughter rummaging through the pantry and trying to figure out if she can figure out how to let the dog ...
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