I often watch other mothers with their children and automatically assume something about them. I can't help it, I am only human. If I see a mother frazzled and frustrated, I feel a kin to her and want to go over, hug her and tell her that I feel for her. If I see a [...]
There comes a time in my day when the testing of my patience, the moodiness and the bad attitudes runneth over. It is usually right about the time that I am exhausted and in desperate need of a squishy couch under my tired keyster. I KNOW, just from watching them at this time of [...]
Katie has taken on a habit that I swore up and down to never, ever tolerate from my children. I have bent and even broken on other never, ever's but some things just drive me absolutely batty. And most days I am teetering on the edge of living forever in a padded room, so I really don't need any [...]
I am smart. I am. I have a brain and I know how to use it. Just because it has been put a shelf to collect dust and cobwebs does not mean that I can not take it, dust it off and use it periodically. I try not to, because it can hurt, but I [...]
The rain is falling down, flooding my yard. Washing out my desire to accomplish anything good. It is wetting my mood and flooding my mind. With the splish splash and a pitter patter on my panes.I have a list of chores to do, my jobs as described, organized and hung for all to see. I want [...]
With three children so close together, I feel like I am dealing with issues with each of them all of the time, no break in sight. Megan now has issues going to bed and staying asleep, Sarah has her whining and hair twirling to drive me batty, and Katie has obvious sleep issues along with [...]
I am a stay at home mom. My job is to spend quality time with my children. Period. That is the point of being a stay at home mom after all, isn't it? And though it is a good thing and 97.685% of the time, I am happy to spend this time with my children, [...]
In July of 2009, I had my third daughter, Megan. She blended into the family without much ado. A sweet, tiny, soft baby we nicknamed Squishy. Though adding nursing, how to handle three young girls and adjusting to even less sleep, was tough, it seemed as if she belonged here, knew she was third and [...]
I question my parenting skills on a daily basis. Really, I do. I know there are some things I do really well - like avoidance - and things I do really horribly - like maintain some sort of order. But, in general, I fight the battles in the privacy of my own home with only friends and [...]
One of my most worrisome issues when I was an expectant Mother was the breastfeeding. I was pregnant with my first, researching and picking the brains of other mothers until they wanted to run, covering their breasts, far, far away from me. I scoured the internet, often finding new um... adult?... sites as I went, [...]
I was on my way home this afternoon, exhausted by a severe lack of sleep, feet aching from working the consignment sale all morning that has consumed my last few weeks, when I came to the light before my neighborhood. In my tired fog, I caught a glimpse of a horse, happily munching away on [...]
I am sitting here on a Thursday evening eating white bread and butter - teach me to be too busy to go to the store - listening to my children repeat Spanish words to Dora on command. Wondering why they can't seem to follow my instructions, I feel a bit sad that a cartoon character with a monkey [...]
