by Amy | Aug 25, 2015 | My Family, Parenthood, Siblings
I used to be a “Yes” mom. Yes, you can jump off the swing. Yes, you can squirt shaving cream in the bath and pretend it’s snow. Yes, you may peform opera in the supermarket. But now I have two kids. A little one who’s up all night and a...
by Amy | Aug 7, 2015 | List, My Family, Parenthood, Siblings
The moment my first child was born, and I felt that crazy love, I wanted another baby right away. I wanted 100 babies. We started trying in earnest when our daughter was barely a year old. Which was crazy. Had I gotten pregnant right away, I could have had two kids...
by Amy | Aug 6, 2015 | List, My Family, Parenthood
Happy National Breastfeeding Awareness Month! Surely, you’re already aware of the health benefits, so I’m here to share one of the lesser known perks of breastfeeding: it can totally get out of stuff. Things you really don’t feel like doing....
by Amy | Jul 20, 2015 | List, My Family, Parenthood
Now that my older daughter’s four, she’s big enough to do chores and take responsibility for her own messes—or so I thought. Let’s just say my attempts to get her to clean up after herself have not been so successful. Even when I sing that catchy...
by Amy | Jul 15, 2015 | List, My Family, Parenthood
You gotta love preschoolers. They’re curious, chatty and totally unfiltered, especially when it comes to asking probing questions about you and your body. Sometimes their queries are so embarrassing you’ll wish you could return to the infant days when you did all the...
by Amy | Jun 16, 2015 | List, My Family, Parenthood
Babies are such amazing little creatures. They’re born with the instinctive ability to root, to suck and to throw their limbs forward when startled. They’re also born understanding how to royally screw with their parents. Sometimes they even seem to enjoy it. Here are...
