Dear readers, I am taking some downtime from my blog for a few weeks. I say downtime, but what I mean is time to bond with my new baby, hang out with my 3-year-old and stumble around with my fellow …
As I get closer and closer to having our baby boy, I’ve been thinking about the things I want my daughter to know. I know that having a brother will forever change her life. I am the youngest of two, …
Last March, two months before I got pregnant with my second baby, I was assigned an article about exclusive breast pumping for a pregnancy Web site. I’d pitched the idea to my editor as a mama who had experience with …
I’ve never considered myself a hard-core feminist. I am pretty conservative, but at the same time, I don’t adhere to or appreciate the idea that women aren’t as smart as men or are less valuable than men. I once got …
I can hardly believe that 2013 is underway. Have I mentioned how time flies before? Have I also mentioned how it simultaneously drags? It’s a weird state of being. I’ve heard said about parenthood that the days are long, but …