Parenting Wisdom

Sometimes, I feel like the only mom I know who is not sending her kids to camps in the summer. When friends and neighbors ask me for my kids’ camp plans, and I tell them we have none, the...

For the sake of all the new moms-to-be, can we please normalize how freaking difficult life with a new baby can be?  We were in the clinic at our follow-up appointment after being sent home from the hospital only the...

Why putting my kids on the bus every morning is a choice I make, not just because it's practical. Yes, pickup times can be early. And yes, sometimes the bus is late. And of course, I worry about my kids getting...

What the food allergy epidemic, and the restaurant industry's lag to adapt looks, and feels like. The image above is just one example of how individuals impacted by food allergies find themselves sans compass. I see the names of...

I don't know about you, but I can struggle to be the happy fun mom I want to be, especially when the kids are home for an extended period of time, like a long weekend, a school break, or,...

One of our biggest goals when we found out we were pregnant, was to still be able to travel as much as we did prior to a baby. From road trips, flights, camping, you name it, we were always...

If you teach a kid to fish…  My boys became quite the fishermen last summer thanks to a rainy weekend, and a well-sheltered boathouse spent on Stout Island in Northern Wisconsin. In a span of a couple of days, they...

Making the most of magical days like St. Patrick’s Day.  I know I'm preaching to the choir when I say that being Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy takes planning, precision, and a heck of a lot of...

The hardest part of the holidays for me as a mom is the expectations that I put on myself.  It’s not that I want a Norman Rockwell Christmas, but as my kids have gotten older, and with three of...

Dear Stay-at-Home Mom, Can I be honest? Sometimes, I get jealous of you. Like, when I picture your mornings, minus the chaos of hustling kids out the door to daycare. I picture breakfasts eaten without staring at the clock, maybe a...

“Pressure like a drip, drip, drip that’ll never stop…” Isn’t that the truth. We all feel it, parents and kids alike. But, we don’t always talk about it. The first time we watched Encanto, my 9 year old son...

Parents, like their children, come in all sizes and shapes. You pack your child's lunches for school with bento boxes and star-shaped cucumber sandwiches, notes of love and encouragement attached. I leave my children to their own devices (with...