My thoughts and feelings on random aspects of being a mom
If you’ve known me for more than five minutes, you know that I absolutely love the following things: Bravo, wine, pasta, Italy, and Halloween. Halloween is my favorite holiday by far–Thanksgiving and Easter are relatively pointless, IMO; Christmas is full of stress (did I get everyone enough presents?! Have I done enough festive, Instagram-able activities?!) … More Halloween: 35 Years of Amazing/Terrible Costumes
There are plenty of articles on legitimate mom/baby/pregnancy websites dedicated to the topic of hospital bags, but I recently learned some new lessons in this area and want to share them before I forget. (AND NO I WON’T FORGET BECAUSE OF “MOM BRAIN”, THAT’S NOT A REAL THING, IT’S CALLED BEING TIRED OK?) If the … More What to Pack in Your Hospital Bag
If you know me at all you know that I am a M A S S I V E Bravo fan, specifically a massive Andy Cohen fan. Back in 2020-2021, aka Peak Covid Time, his nightly talk show Watch What Happens Live! went totally virtual, so I emailed (a few times) and Instagrammed (a few … More The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up
When I was pregnant with my first baby boy I received a “Letters to My Son” book as a gift but never wrote anything in it, despite my best intentions. It’s a time capsule-type thing–you’re supposed to write the letters, date them, and let your son open them at a predetermined date in the future. … More Letters to My Son
UPDATE: I recently reread two chapters of this book–“Raising an Organized Toddler” and “Raising an Organized Preschooler”–because, well, my son has been pretty UNORGANIZED lately. He’s having some trouble…controlling his impulses at daycare. Impulses to be a little too rough with other kids. His teachers have told me and my husband almost verbatim what our … More Raising an Organized Child: 5 Steps to Boost Independence, Ease Frustration, and Promote Confidence
I recently read this very funny article whilst perusing my weekly Babylist newsletter (one of my favorites), and it made me literally LOL several times. It’s very accurate, and it inspired me to share my own take on what it’s like to be pregnant, not from the perspective of what I want my partner to … More What It’s REALLY Like to be Pregnant
Like pretty much everyone else over the past 20+ months, I have been struggling. Struggling less than many but more than some, and perhaps not in the ways one might expect, but definitely struggling. I normally roll my eyes at posts like this on social media, but because it was emailed to me by a … More 30 Days of Gratitude (…sort of)
Well, I’ve been pretty damn awful at updating this blog in 2019, eh? This is most likely due to a) work being more insane than I can ever remember, but more likely b) me being pregnant, which you can read all about here if you are so inclined. So instead of doing one blog post … More Books I’ve Read Semi-Recently
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