Tuesday night I was admitted to the hospital for dehydration and viral gastroenteritis aka the stomach flu aka the WORST (and most thorough) cleanse I have ever experienced in my entire life. Sadly, I was two days shy of…
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I have read a lot of articles and blogs lately about why we should do away with the antiquated “12 week wait” to announce pregnancies. The idea is that if you wait, and you have a miscarriage, you are…
Sometimes you just need to read a children’s book. Today, after running around like a chicken with my head cut off, trying to shop for Thanksgiving dinner, my son asked me to read him “Being Thankful,” by Mercer Mayer.…
One of my fondest Thanksgiving memories doesn’t involve Turkey, football or parades…it involves good old-fashioned EXERCISE! My mom is a fitness instructor and every year on the night before Thanksgiving we would all sit on the family room floor…
I used to try to keep Avery entertained while I cooked dinner. It ALWAYS ended poorly. We don’t have an open kitchen (something I pine for daily), so I would first attempt to get A to play in the actual kitchen.…
Check out the premiere of Cooking with Kids! In our first episode, we make HEALTHY pizzas. Quick, easy and fun to make with your toddler. Why? Because food tastes better when you cook it together!…
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” Charles Dickens Never have I understood those words with more truth than on July 13th 2013. The day my son was born was in fact the most amazing…
There has been a lot of talk in the social media world bashing irresponsible parents that don’t vaccinate their kids – which is a separate and massive debate in and of itself…one in which I’m not entirely sure which…
I’m normally a positive person. When Micah lost his job a month ago (after a full-on hysterical crying episode on the kitchen floor and a trip to Labor and Delivery for stress-induced pre-term labor…followed by a couple of days…
After Micah and I got married, we marched out to Barnes & Noble (or more accurately, I made Micah join me on a trip to B&N) and perused the “what to expect…” classic series on parenting. Due to the…