I knew what I was getting into when we decided to have kids. I knew that babies spit up, drool, go through an enormous amount of putrid smelling diapers, and that they tend to be pretty messy in general. Those are the things in which I was prepared to handle. What I wasn't prepared for ...

Remember [that post][1] I wrote a few weeks back in which I polled people on the most annoying things parents post on Facebook? One of responses was potty-training posts. Well guess what? I am one of those people. You know why? Because potty learning (that is the now the preferred term, ...

http://wellcommons.com/users/photos/2014/jan/22/267831/ Technically, these are the Terrible Two-and-a-halfs. We got a six-month grace period before the hurricane hit our house. And thank the sweet Baby Jesus for that. The twos are no joke. My once always sweet little blonde-haired, ...

I have often been asked the same few questions since I gave birth to HJ: Are you experiencing prolonged sadness? Are you having unsafe thoughts? Do you feel sad more than you are happy? As an educated person and as someone who read my copy of “What to Expect when You’re Expecting”, I ...

I have anxiety about taking my kids to the doctor. I’m not talking well child visits. I’m talking about the visits for when they are actually sick. It sounds crazy, right? I mean, what is the doctor for other than making your children better when they’re sick? Yeah. I get that. But you ...

I love the holiday season. I love everything about it. Twinkling lights, Christmas music, cookies, tinsel, egg nog — I literally and figuratively eat it all up. So OF COURSE I take my children for an annual photo with Santa. Duh. We get dressed up, I talk it up like we’re going to see ...