Is there anything better than tried and true parent favorites? We are the ultimate test kitchens, playground cops, soccer refs, school principals, and diaper services all rolled into…
Tag: <span>baby</span>
I’m running out of names. Now that Little Friend is building attachments to stuffed animals at a speed that rivals the gestational period of drosophilas, I’m flummoxed. She’s not speaking…
Pre-eclampsia I sat with clasped hands in the passenger seat, watching but not seeing the buzz-cut hills along Interstate 279 slip off of the front windshield. My legs were shaking…
I love things that make my life easier. Wet hair pulled back in a pony tail. Paper plates in a pinch. The lady who offers to return my shopping cart…
Cloth diapering, in my experience, involved a rusty diaper pin that would never pass airline security these days, a stained (once white) rectangle most recently used as a dusting rag,…
“They grow up so fast” I hear from everyone. My parents, my friends, other moms at the pool, the sweat-drenched mailman, the harried grocery store clerk, the homeless woman. It’s…