Tag: motherhood
Finding the Humor in Parenting: Go Ahead and Laugh
When my daughter, A, was about 4 months old, she spiked a high fever. Her first fever, actually. It was late on a snowy...
Maximize Your Mommy Time
It's hard to find the time to take care of your needs when you have your children to take care of. Every mother knows...
My New Favorite Part of the Day
A midwife's scope of practice encompasses prenatal care, gynecological care, primary care, intrapartal care (labor and birth), and postpartum care. While all of these...
Maternity Leave or Not to Leave
I read something funny the other day that said showing a teacher back to school commercials in July is like showing a cross to...
The Baby Boohoos: Tips to Help with the Baby Blues
The first few weeks with a newborn can drive any person crazy. The lack of sleep alone makes you cranky, but add raging hormones...
Bringing Up Bebe
Last February, while listening to NPR, I heard an interview with a journalist named Pamela Druckerman. She was promoting a new book about her experience as an...
Mommyland – An Unexpected Adventure
I'm not the kind of woman who dreamed of being a mother. I never really spent time with small children, certainly not wishing for...
The Time I Spent Getting There
Intro (The Barn Doors)
The Great Danbury Fair was an agricultural fair that began in Danbury in 1869 and ran yearly until 1981. The...
My Love/Hate Relationship with Cloth Diapers
Raise your hand if you love laundry! Just me? I kid. Who loves laundry?! Of course, we all enjoy having clean clothes and linens,...
A Village of Mommies
Before I had the Little Monkey, a few experienced Moms said the same thing to me over and over: “Find a baby group, it...