Moms of toddlers: in case you didn’t know why your were so tired, here’s your answer in one diagram.
As Sasha moves out of babyhood and solidly into toddlerhood, I find myself delving into the vast realm of parenting books. It is so hard to know where to begin when it comes to helping your person become a person, so I asked a friend for a recommendation and she suggested How to Talk So […]
I just finished reading Naomi Wolf’s Misconceptions, which I talked about here. So much of that book is spot on, but one line in particular has been lingering with me. As Wolf begins to think about getting back to work during that first year of motherhood, she writes, “With my mind wholly preoccupied with keeping […]
My friend Sean doesn’t have kids. He recently told me that he got excited when his pals started procreating because he could finally ask people what having children was like and get an honest answer. That conversation prompted him to interview me for his fill-in hosting gig at The Story with Dick Gordon (but temporarily […]
An exasperated mom decides that her daughter WILL nap in her crib by the end of the week.
People sometimes ask me if I would recommend my podcast to pregnant women and I really struggle with my answer. On the one hand, there are some things I wish I had understood better before giving birth. On the other, I’d heard plenty of horror stories about childbirth and they would either terrify me or […]
Going to the playground takes a lot of emotional strength. At least that’s what I’ve found. It’s actually pretty fun if we meet up with friends. But if I’m going to take Sasha by myself, I have to be in the right frame of mind. Inevitably, we’ll find ourselves at the swings beside another mom […]
At least once a day someone tells me, “Oh, your daughter looks just like you!” Which is funny because toward the end of my pregnancy I’d have this recurring dream that she’d be born and she’d look exactly like my mother-in-law. And nobody would know she was mine. The dreams and anxieties we have about […]