These Days Are Long, But I Need More Time With You
I need more time. Eighteen months. Eighteen long, and I mean, VERY long months with my son so far. Staying home and spending 15 hours a day playing…
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Toddlers
As Parents, We Have to Figure Out How to Survive
They were never supposed to sleep with us. It was a conversation my husband and I had when I was still pregnant with our oldest. We didn’t have…
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Learn and Play: Great Gifts For Curious Preschoolers
As a mom of three kids four and under, I’ve finally resigned myself to the fact that our house is going to be teeming with toys for, well,…
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I’m a Mom With Helping Hands
“Mom, can you open it?” My daughter held out a container of mandarin oranges to me from across the kitchen counter. “Sure,” I answered,…
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Confessions of an Angry Toddler Mom
I am an angry mom. I never used to think of myself as an angry person. Well, I admit that I am impatient and rather short-tempered. But I…
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To the Mom in the Trenches: Your Time is Coming
In the last few years, two moms have given me advice I’ve never forgotten. Their advice was simple but profound: there will be time for that later,…
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Your Kids Aren’t Out to Get You—They Just Want Your Attention
I would get so irritated when my kids would get clingy and whiny right as I started trying to do anything productive. It almost seemed as though any…
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36 Universal Truths of Raising Toddlers
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 .…
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To the Woman Who Scolded Me For My Child’s Behavior, Here’s What You Didn’t Know
“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…
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Please Don’t Tell Me These Are the Best Days of My Life
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…
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