Ages + Stages

We’ve all heard the jokes about second child syndrome, right? Second children have fewer pictures taken of them. They get away with more because our attention is divided between them and their older sibling, and because what didn’t kill...

We've now been quarantined in our house for a solid 2 months due to COVID-19. Save but for a few trips to Publix and Trader Joe's, we haven't left the house. Well, let me rephrase that...my kids haven't left...

My disposition has much to do with how I view myself, other people, and problems. Parenting forcibly taught me to put on different lenses for viewing the problems and the precious people in my home. One set of lenses...

Pre-quarantine, I celebrated Galentine’s Day for the first time. Galentine’s Day is a gal pal get together to celebrate women and friendships. After almost talking myself out of hosting the festivities, I was happy I pulled through and celebrated...

For my Rainbow Baby, It has taken me nearly a year since your birth to acknowledge you as my Rainbow Baby for a number of reasons. I distrusted my pregnancy. Until your 20 week Anatomy Scan, I held my breath through every...

When I first began to write I originally thought I was going to share tips and tricks for life with two kids under two. Well, I spent a lot of wasted time and laughed out loud because I honestly...

Back in March, I wrote about how much I was struggling with caring for my toddlers (now one and three!) while working part time and staying sane (which felt like an impossibly high bar). When school was canceled in...

In a very short time frame, life as our children and families knew it changed drastically in March 2020. A month later, we are still trying to make sense of our new normals, while trying to support our children...

How many times have you run into her on the soccer field or at the grocery store (pre-pandemic of course): the mom who always seems to have it together. She arrives five minutes early everywhere she goes, never frazzled...

The current global pandemic definitely has me in my feelings. At any given moment, I have feelings of anxiety, sadness, anger, confusion, frustration as a result of this "new normal." Like many of you, I'm balancing a corporate job,...