Every Friday afternoon we get an update from Joshua’s school about the activities for the upcoming week. Last weekend, the email said that the week’s theme was “Carnival.” There would be carnival-themed activities each day and then on Friday, they were having a school wide carnival where all the kids would play games and win…
Motherhood
Breastfeeding: Why I do it
Boobs. Such a loaded topic when discussing them in terms of breastfeeding. (See what I did there? Boobs? Loaded? With milk?) Lest Snooki become the last bastion for breastfeeding information for the entire human race, I thought I’d tell y’all a bit about why I chose breastfeeding for my kids and some of the pros…
Things I’m Afraid To Tell You–I (can’t) do it myself
There are lots of things that I’m afraid of. Lately, it’s that I’m not stacking up as a mother to Joshua. Or that I’ll never fit into my regular clothes again, never mind anything smaller than that. I’m also afraid of my feet hanging over the edge of the bed, getting poop on my hands…
Momming two kids at once
Yesterday was rough. Emma woke up prematurely. It was raining outside. Joshua wanted to be all up underneath. And I think Emma’s in a growth spurt which means she wanted to nurse all.day.long. At one point, all three of us were on the same couch cushion, with a little kid foot in my ribs, and…
Not Super. Just…Mom
That’s been the title of this blog for three years now. Not Super…Just Mom. But now the punctuation’s shifted a little. Or it’s shifting in my head. I’m hanging up a few of my hats. I’m scaling back. My cape is at the dry cleaners. Indefinitely. For now, I’m just “mom.” It feels good. Lighter….