Ages + Stages

I had a baby in January of 2021. He's been a baby for 18 months today. One and half years of being a baby. As a naive new mom, I asked my birth month mom group, "When are our...

Friends, it’s been a minute since I had a child of the “full-on breakdown in the middle of a store” age. He’s ten and while he will absolutely do his best “You’re ruining my life” teenager impression in Target,...

Friends, I don’t know what to say about this current school year that I’m barely living through. But I will say this. I was not ready for it. None of us living under this roof were ready for it....

To the career woman I used to be, striving and climbing to the top of the tree. You gave it up. You walked away. To stay at home after the babies came. But don’t worry, momma, your time will come. When sweet...

Mamas. It is the end of an era. Today we reached a milestone. Today we got rid of the race car bed that my son has slept in since he left his crib seven years ago. In just a...

There are countless tips for parents: savor every moment; it won't be like this for long, you're going to miss this; sleep when the baby sleeps, then as they get older, wake up before the kids get up to...

My three-year-old daughter wears glasses. She has worn them since she was a little over a year old. The first thing people say to us (after they ask if I know what causes pregnancy -- we get that a...

What's your first reaction when you hear the phrase "kids in the kitchen"? Stress? Get out!? Or fun? In our house, it can be any combination of these thoughts. I love food and cooking. Since having kids, my time in...

When you hear the words cloth diapers several things probably come to mind, but you most likely associate them with people who are very environmentally conscious. This is one of the reasons; others you might hear about are finances...

So, y’all, we won the lottery. No, not the millions of dollars kind. (Sadly.) But a few years ago, when my oldest child was in preschool, we won the lottery with the number 23. It was good enough to secure...