Dear future daughters-in-law, You will one day think of me only as “mother-in-law” or “his mother”, but I can still remember being 18: the world was full of possibilities, love was all consuming, and marriage was the end of a fairytale. I thought I had it all figured out, but I’d forgotten one very important [Read more…]
Farts Are Not For Sharing: A Mother’s Advice To Her Son
The other day my four-year-old farted on me as a defense mechanism while I was tickling him, like a squid inking a predator or a skunk dropping a stink bomb when he’s afraid. He thought it was the funniest thing he’d ever done and then decided to repeat the hilarity until his eyes watered [Read more…]
What Not To Say To A Mom With A Colicky Baby
My first son was almost eight weeks old before I realized he had colic. I hadn’t spent much time around infants and I had no way of knowing whether all babies cried like my son or whether I was simply failing to calm him through lack of experience or some evolutionary failure of my maternal [Read more…]
Giving Time Outs In 30 Not-So-Easy steps
It seems like someone is always trying to give you “simple” advice for how you can better yourself and your kids: 7 easy steps to a more productive you, 3 simple meals that will help you lose weight faster, 5 steps to a stress-free naptime, potty train your child in 3 days, or 2 simple phrases [Read more…]