Fairfield County Mom

"What was that?!" "Are you okay?" "What broke?" These are questions my husband asks me on a daily basis. I am so incredibly clumsy during my second pregnancy. I'm literally becoming a bull in a china shop. After blaming my clumsiness on being pregnant and...

New moms LOVE when their friends and family bring food. We can all relate to that. But do you ever stress over what to bring? I’ll admit I overthink it sometimes. When I had my son, my younger sister...

In a perfect world, kids would cooperate at bedtime and drift off to sleep without a peep. In the real world, convincing your child to go to bed and stay in bed can be utterly exhausting. Pushing limits at bedtime...

I call my daughters "love bugs" a lot...So often that my three year old sometimes calls her baby sister "you little love bug!" So, in our house, this was a perfect theme for a Valentine's Day craft! I pre-made a...

So it's a new year and a new you, right? As far as I'm concerned, I'll always be me, but hey, there's always room for improvement with food...unless you are Giselle and have a private chef....yup, still just me...

My dad died tragically and unexpectedly just before my twenty-first birthday. We were very close and his absence became even more painful when I entered motherhood. I will forever daydream about how much he would have enjoyed being a...

There are some great places in Fairfield County to go out for a nice Valentine’s Day dinner. There are great jewelry stores and flower shops where you can buy gifts. But what if you A) forgot to make a reservation...

One of my most vivid memories from religious school circa 1980-something was bringing home a special calendar full of daily activities for me to do on the days leading up to Easter. I still can recall feeling so proud...

Laissez les bons temps rouler! (Let the good times roll!) Is there any better holiday than Mardi Gras to go crazy and have your kids make their own masks, hats and noise makers? The glitter, the sequins, the bright and...

February is Dental Health month, so we are celebrating through an informative interview with Dr. Carol Felder. She is a Norwalk-based family dentist and mom to two (adorable!) little girls. Q: When should children have their first formal dentist appointment? A: By age 1. Q: What...