I am smack dab in the middle of the most difficult season of parenting. Our house has gotten loud, messy and disruptive, and although I’m so grateful for my boys, I am also so exhausted. I’ve never felt so overwhelmed in my entire life, yet I have never…
It’s true what they say, that time flies by! My two boys will be grown in a blink of an eye, and they’ll only be here at home for a short while. Although they’ll always be mine, there will come a point where they don’t need anything from…
There are some days where I just feel like I got my butt kicked all dang day. I clean, then I re-clean. I answer the same questions 1000 times, and I rarely finish a cup of coffee without re-heating it 1-2 times. I clean up pee and vomit,…
My son has only been implanted and activated for a short period of time, but I feel like I’ve been thrown head first into this emotional roller-coaster of being a mother of a child with a cochlear implant. Let me clarify something first before all the mom shamers…
The thought of putting my 1 year old through a 6-8 hour surgery is enough to make any parent panic. My husband and I have thought long and hard about his cochlear implant surgery, and although it terrifies us, we know that it is in his best interest….
I am admittedly a bad mom sometimes. I’ve had my fair share of mom fails in the four years I’ve been a mother, from dragging my screaming four year old through the store kicking and screaming because I didn’t buy him the “well deserved” toy to yelling at…
There is no doubt that friendships change once you become a mom. Some of your friends go through motherhood with you, while others seem to vanish into thin ear. You occasionally get free time, but that free time is rarely spent with friends. Rather you utilize that time…
Maternity leave is a time to spend nurturing and bonding with your new baby, recovering from childbirth and accomplishing some of those pesty incomplete tasks on your to-do list. For working mothers, their to-do list seems to be never-ending, so maternity leave is a perfect time to tackle…
Dearest Braxton, In just a few weeks, you will no longer be an only child. It’s sure to be a transition for you, your father and I, so I can’t help but worry a bit. You’ve been the center of our world for the past 3+ years, and…