I have been a stay-at-home mom for three years. I have sometimes loathed being stuck in a breastmilk-stained T-shirt with the scent of baby...
I’ll always remember my grandmother spelling P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E out loud to my grandfather during a car ride once. We were stopped in traffic waiting on...
In eight years of being a mom, I never cried “uncle.” Until last summer, in July, when I called my own mother in tears...
I have dreaded this day ever since my youngest was born. My husband and I made the decision years ago that for us, two...
I’m a mom of two little kids, a pediatric RN, and a self-proclaimed night owl. I used to try and change the fact that...
During National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, there are several issues fighting for attention — proper latch, support from health care providers, how mothers balance breastfeeding...
I'd say my parenting style is riiiiight in the middle of helicopter mom and hands-off mom. My girlfriend calls it "drone parenting" — where...
In my young adulthood, I have lived in various places in the South — Charleston, SC to Tallahassee, FL and now Jacksonville. So, I...
This is not how I planned my life. And by that I mean — four kids didn’t even occur to me. I grew up...
"I think we might have made a mistake," I whispered conspiratorially to my husband as we lay side by side in the dark, mindlessly...
Becoming a father was hands down the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me. At the same time, it meant giving up...
During my first pregnancy, I didn't care whether the baby was a boy or girl, I just wanted a healthy baby. When I found...