MOMMY BLOGS
Celebrating the dreaded birthday party
It’s a celebration! The day of a child’s birth is one of the most awe inspiring events in life. So why, I wonder, do we choose to commemorate it with the exquisite torture that is the birthday party?
[MOMMY BLOGS] You heard it: Confessions of a ‘Twilight Mom’
Is it normal to stay up until 3:00 AM 12 nights in a row reading the Twilight Saga when you have a young child who wakes up every morning at 5:30? ...[MOMMY BLOGS] Dinnertime talk: From soup to nuts
Ah! Dinner time. I am old enough to remember when this was a daily event. Everyone in the family sat around the table and conversed. What a concept! This was in the ‘dark ages’ before cell phones and personal computers. It was a time when, if you wanted to have ground beef for dinner, you had to remember to take it out of the freezer the night before. ...[MOMMY BLOGS] If only the tulips were in full bloom again
“Spring is sprung, the grass is ris, I wonder where my daughter is?” This is the lament of a friend of mine about her 17 year old. Her daughter is a beautiful person, inside and out, and the beauty on the outside is the troubling part at this particular time. ...[MOMMY BLOGS] Ask the Expert: Making sense of vaccinations for new parents
Should we get our children vaccinated? When do they get their vaccines? Are they safe? What diseases are they protected against? There certainly is no shortage of questions running through new parents' minds as they consider vaccinating their baby....[MOMMY BLOGS] Waking up is hard to do
It’s Monday. It’s raining. It’s dark. What else can I tell you to describe the difficulty with morning that’s been happening in our house? Daylight savings time has come and gone, and we’re all having trouble with this nocturnal existence that is the fall season. ...
[MOMMY BLOGS] Taking the scary out of Halloween date night
Planning a date night with your significant other this Halloween is a great way to spark a little of what used-to-be back into what remains after kids, pets, and a big fat mortgage. Injecting novelty into a relationship is one way to make it last because new experiences activate the brain’s reward system....
[MOMMY BLOGS] Pickups, dropoffs, lunches and more!
When Nancy Joanne had her third child, she found herself struggling to meet the needs of the numerous drop-offs, pick-ups, assignments and due dates that followed. Feeling overwhelmed with the responsibility of running her family’s schedule, Joanne knew she needed to get organized, fast!...[MOMMY BLOGS] Inside the mind of a soccer mom
It finally happened. I’ve become the proverbial soccer mom — I’ve got my collapsible chairs, a drinks cooler, my kids in tow, all I am ...
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