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My daughter is almost 22 months old. Becoming more aware by the day of bathroom habits (and humor). She’s now able to undress herself and is starting to become more verbal about issues of the bathroom. For a while, we thought she was going to be one of those geniuses who trained early, but then [...]

How to handle bullying from author Garret Kramer

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have seen, heard about and have an opinion on the breastfeeding cover of Time magazine. My initial reaction when I saw the cover was that they were certainly looking to stir the pot. And stir they did. The headline, “Are you Mom enough? Why attachment parenting drives [...]

I have two staples for lunch: Leftovers from the night before if I have them and sandwiches. With two kids, I need meals that are super fast, easy and can be put together with minimal brain power as I’m usually running on a few sleep-deprived cylinders. Sandwiches are a super easy lunch and also a [...]

I recently found myself in a parental dilemma, on the giving end of parental advice to another parent. I know, I know. Getting unsolicited advice sucks, like the time my baby-wearing escapades led to me going on the defensive. No one wants to be told the’yre doing it wrong. But I was in a situation [...]

My friend Erika is currently expecting her first child, due in August. (You can read about her pregnancy brain, or lack thereof, here.) And as I found myself going through labor, delivery and childbirth the second time, I kept making mental notes of little things I should tell her about the experience. Little things that [...]

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I thought time was scarce when I had one kiddo. Now that I have two, “me time” is all the more precious. In fact, almost non-existent at the moment. With a 2-month-old who must be held at all times lest he cry and cry, and a toddler who is also a need-beast (because that is [...]

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