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To the Woman With an Only Child Who’s Struggling to Fit in

Sometimes I wish I could create this pact with all of my new mom friends. Maybe you had kids easily and can’t relate at all. Please read on so that…

I hope to be a second-time mother within a few years, but I am still a first-time mama. I have a toddler and no infant. There is this understanding…

When people ask me how many kids I have, I always say “just” one. I reflect further to think why I used the word “just” when I did not really…

My sweet little girl, you have no idea what’s about to happen as my tummy grows bigger each day. We’ve tried to explain what’s happening to…

This might alarm you, but I’m not having another child. I have a perfectly good one, sitting beside me right now, asking for water, a cookie and…

Full disclosure…100% honesty…I AM TERRIFIED FOR BABY #2! Don’t get me wrong, I’m also immensely excited! Expanding our family and giving…

When I was a little girl, thinking about my future family, I planned on being famous (of course), marrying a knockout husband, living in a huge…

I started worrying about Empty Nest Syndrome when I was 25. I was in the kitchen when it hit me that my newborn daughter Molly would be my only…

We all know the story well. Boy meets girl, they fall in love and get married. They have a baby and live happily ever after. But apparently I’ve…

I saw a picture right after Jayden was born that had this quote on it and I had to buy it. I’m not sure where this quote came from but it is…