If you have never experienced ADHD in your everyday life then you may wonder if it’s real. Maybe you think that the child in question just needs more discipline. You may even be tempted to voice your opinion to a parent of a child with ADHD. Please don’t. I believe that most people are coming…
My experience with boys was pretty minimal up until I had two of my own. I grew up an only child, the majority of my friends were girls, and the majority of my family is female. Even my extended family is heavily female. Boys were pretty foreign to me. So when the ultrasound tech told…
This post contains affiliate links. I think we all have that friend who seems to have this parenting thing all figured out. They’re always ready to dive into the next activity and seem to have all the energy in the world for kid stuff. If I’m being honest, I’m kind of jealous of those parents….
You can hardly read a parenting-related post or article without seeing some sort of outrage or parent shaming. It seems as though it has become the new norm to judge other parents. Or worse; deem them as unfit without knowing all or even any of the facts. This is what happens when you are able…
Has summer vacation started to overstay its welcome in your house, too? Don’t worry, it’s okay to admit it. It doesn’t mean that you don’t love your kids or are a bad mom. You’re still awesome and you’re human, just like me. I love my kids to the moon and back but that doesn’t mean…
Why yes, I would like some cheese with my whine. Dub is at an age where he doesn’t nap very often anymore and when he does it’s later in the day. This means that my predicted shower time went by the way of the nap causing me to bring him in the bathroom with some…
When you’re pregnant, especially with your first baby, you often want to find out all of the information you possibly can about pregnancy and then parenting. One of the ways many women do that is to join an internet group, often called an expecting or due date club to compare their symptoms and experiences with…
I had my first child at 26. I always assumed that I would have one or two more but things just weren’t meant to be with my son’s biological father. After we split up when my son was just shy of a year old, I was single by choice for the next five years. During…