Mommy and Me

All birth stories are unique. I can't say I've ever listened to a girl friend's birth story and thought to myself, "well, this is just so typical." Being an only parent, though, I've come...

Sponsored By: Kandid.ly I’m actually not a sentimental, take-lots-of-photos type of gal. Nor am I in the habit of spending big bucks to have someone take pretty pictures of me (filtered selfies will suffice, thanks.)...

  Five years ago, when our doctor told us our little mango sized baby was going to be a little girl, I was floored. The tomboy in me always thought I'd have a basketball team...

I purchased a potty at 18 months, thinking I would be smart, getting ahead of the game. I mean how hard could this potty training thing be {really hard}. My kid is smart and...

Last summer, I had a 3-month-old that I was terrified of leaving home with (don’t be like me!). This summer, I will have an ambitious 1-year-old walker that I will be dying to get...

We all know this simple fact - life with a newborn is hard. New moms are hard on themselves. She thinks she has NO idea what she's doing. She doesn't sleep when the baby sleeps....

I hear the phrase “terrible twos” and laugh. Terrible twos seem like a cake walk compared to this new three-year-old I live with. We are a little over a month in to my son’s third-going-on-fourth...

For most of women, finding out they're expecting is exciting. Finding out you're expecting when you were taking measures to avoid pregnancy, however, is terrifying. Super terrifying. Even more so if you aren't married....

I knew as I prepared for having my first child that I would need and want help those first few weeks of motherhood. Numerous people told me how beneficial it would be to have...

It was like a knife to the heart the first time I heard my son call his teacher Mom. Now, my very trusted neighbor is my son’s teacher. I’m extremely lucky to be able to...