August 2017

I’m an expert-level baby swaddler, thanks to desperation. When my second son cried for 20 minutes out of every hour as an infant I perfected the technique of wrapping him in a blanket to simulate the womby coziness he seemed to be missing. Savannah Guthrie is also an expert swaddler, it seems. Watch what happened… Read more »Read more

There’s the birth of my son as I wrote about it on my blog. Then there’s the rest of the story – the significant complications involved with my labor and delivery, an experience that was so distressing it took me a couple years to be more open about it. And then there are deeper wells of feelings and hurts, which I haven’t even begun to mine yet. This is to say that the birth of my son was traumatic —

There’s so much pressure on women to get their pre-baby body back after giving birth. It’s unreasonable, unfair and adds to the mountain of body shaming women experience. We have a fascination with how quickly women can snap back. I definitely felt this pressure after giving birth both times. Breastfeeding is often presented to moms… Read more »Read more

Haters love to hate on big families. Are you guys done yet? You do know how this happens, right? Are they ALL yours? You are overpopulating the world! Total dread. This is the feeling moms of large families feel when announcing yet another pregnancy. My husband and I just announced that we will be having… Read more »Read more

If you love a good cinnamon roll, but don’t like all the kneading, rising, rolling, and slicing that comes along with making them from scratch, I’ve got you covered. It’s a cake. That tastes like a cinnamon roll. And only requires you to dump stuff in a bowl, mix it, and bake it. No yeast,… Read more »Read more

I’m an expert-level baby swaddler, thanks to desperation. When my second son cried for 20 minutes out of every hour as an infant I perfected the technique of wrapping him in a blanket to simulate the womby coziness he seemed to be missing. Savannah Guthrie is also an expert swaddler, it seems. Watch what happened when the mom of two under age 3 recently tried out her skills on Today co-host Matt Lauer:     Not only does 59-year-old Matt Lauer make a pretty cute ‘baby’

There’s so much pressure on women to get their pre-baby body back after giving birth. It’s unreasonable, unfair and adds to the mountain of body shaming women experience. We have a fascination with how quickly women can snap back. I definitely felt this pressure after giving birth both times. Breastfeeding is often presented to moms as a great way to help lose the extra weight. While it is true breastfeeding burns a lot of calories,

Haters love to hate on big families. Are you guys done yet? You do know how this happens, right? Are they ALL yours? You are overpopulating the world! Total dread. This is the feeling moms of large families feel when announcing yet another pregnancy. My husband and I just announced that we will be having our FIRST GIRL in early 2018. And while I knew there would be plenty of friends and family excited for us,