Whether it’s a business trip, deployment, or visiting family, there are times when in parenting when what’s typically a two parent household has to adapt to the needs of solo-parenting. You don’t have to be a military family to know what it’s like to solo-parent and trying to juggle raising kids on your own for…
After a long day of screaming kids, trivial battles, and the endless cycle of trying to pick up after my children who are constantly making messes, I am completely and utterly exhausted. The belief that self-care in the form of me time where we begin indulging in ourselves, treating our desires, and letting loose is … well… not accurate….
I sat in the living room explaining to my almost 4 year old that I was sorry. Sorry I lost my temper. Sorry that I let something little get in between her and I. Sorry for not prioritizing her over something trivial. In those moments of regret, both she and I learned something. She learned…
I always wanted to stay home with my kids. I wanted to be there for every field trip and every milestone. This was a fact that my (not then) husband knew from the day we met, literally. It was an emotional decision then when the time came to quit teaching and walk away from being…
Somehow in 30 seconds or less, I can hand my child my phone or iPad and turn around to find nearly 200 selfies and shots of little foreheads. It never fails. A full memory from family photos plus files and apps that seem to strangely disappear, the plight of sharing a family iPad can be difficult. But with a…
Life with toddlers is difficult isn’t it? The precious little babe you once had is now a tantrum-filled toddler that seems to rage at what seems like nothing. Each day is new, beautiful, and a little bit scary. And maybe what worked yesterday is falling flat today so you feel like you’re troubleshooting toddlerhood and…
1,700 miles, two planes, 4 bags, and two kids followed by 2 weeks of ear infections, whiny children, and work piling up without getting any attention and I was about to snap. I was trying to balance my family time with my work time with my everything else time. But instead of succeeding at giving…
Before my first was born, my mother-in-law warned that my husband was the child who never slept. So much so, she kept a journal of when he woke and fell asleep. So I knew from day one I would be looking to find some great sleep solutions for kids if I wanted to keep my own sanity.
Paris, Brussels, and who knows where next. Our world is full of bad news stories and little ears hear a lot more even when we try to shelter them. Explaining terrorism doesn’t have to be a chore as a parent. It doesn’t even have to be scary. But in today’s world, I would argue that…
I whispered under my breath to myself “gah, you can’t even get your kids to listen to you”. It was a self-deprecating moment as my three-year-old and I were butting heads. It had been a long day and while I thought maybe we were making a breakthrough past her epic tantrum and meltdown, she refused…
Every parent’s worst nightmare is that their kid will start melting down in public. But it’s pretty much inevitable that one day your beloved child will shrill to the high heavens, lose their mind, and fall prostrate on the floor flailing their arms and legs without control. And you will slowly die inside. And panic. And…
Parenthood is hard. It just is. You’re responsible for little lives. And along the way, sometimes you lose sight of yourself. Last week I sat in the living room with a crying toddler and a screaming preschooler looking back at me. And all I could see is the reflection of my own feelings. And I…