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No One Warned Me About Naptime, and it’s Basically the Worst

Before I became a mother, I read enough baby books to feel like I was ready to tackle the tough parts of parenting. Teething, tantrums, bedtime:…

You call for me. Somewhere in the middle of almost every night, your voice trickles out your bedroom door and through the house to my own, growing…

While the sentiment of the popular meme is nice, your coffee will never be stronger than your toddler. You will belly laugh at things they do .…

“Some people obviously just don’t watch their kids,” you said as you jerked your children away from my toddler in the play area, cutting your…

These aren’t the best days of my life. You go out of your way to tell me they are. You tell me in the grocery store as I wrestle through with my…

Sweet toddler of mine, some of the days we share are so darn long. Some days, we don’t see eye-to-eye. Some days are built of long, slow hours…

We’re currently doing the “two” thing at our house. You know, the age where your sweet, little baby turns into a super lovely and…

Dear sweet “baby” of mine, There’s so much I want to tell you about the shoes you’ve filled—still the…

To celebrate my birthday last month, I spent that night from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. the next day whooping it up. Impressive for a 30-something mom of…

Sometimes I forget you are only two. I expect you to act older than someone who is just barely out of diapers and still sleeps in a crib. I…