Parenting Perspective + Experience

I recently discovered that this is an actual day that people celebrate. (A quick Google search brings up a lot of information and images, who knew!) National Lazy Mom Day is celebrated every September on the first Friday of...

Maybe you are doing baby-led weaning, purees, or just going with the flow when feeding your baby. My son had some food reactions that I then had to investigate, so I have the following tips for you to consider,...

One question that I think a lot of moms ask themselves is, "Am I a good mom?" Who really decides the definition of a good mom anyways? Living in the age of social media, there is an abundance of...

Before I became a parent, I would always hear others say, “Well, my kids would never…” I tried my best to refrain from saying it myself because I wasn’t a parent; I didn’t know what my kid might or...

The other day I asked my 6-year-old to clean up her craft mess and after a couple minutes of back and forth where she tried to negotiate, she responded, “Enough, MOM! I’ve had it with your mouth!”  Now after...

My son came home from camp today. I could tell right away something was bothering him, and like any good mom, I pestered him enough until he finally told me what had happened. It was one of those moments...

Dear God, please save Max. These words were on repeat as I walked around and around his lifeless body. I felt like I was echoing it in my head, but in reality, I was shouting it from the depths of...

It can sometimes be easy to wonder what my life might have been like without kids. Watching Chelsea Handler videos on Instagram makes me think I’d be sleeping till noon, day drinking and booking trips to Europe every month....

"School's out for summer, No more teachers, no more books," The kids all shout with glee! The sun is shining, The heavy coats are put away. Flip flops serve as footwear, And swimming pools serve as bathtubs. Summer is great fun, Summer is lazy. Summer is no bedtimes, Summer...

To my Big Kid, I remember 3 years ago, when I was running around with your sister, hugely pregnant, during COVID times, trying to figure out a way to still have fun with a toddler and be safe while pregnant....

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” All it takes is one night of scrolling on social media to see how true that statement is. It’s so easy to fall into the comparison game when you...

I drove by a carwash that advertised, "Free vacuum with a wash." I thought, "Those suckers won't know what hit them!" This was the one drive I had when I didn't have the kids in the car. "Got to take advantage of that,"...

My sweet grandson was dedicated at my son's church a few weeks ago. It was a really cool part of their church service where they set apart the family and prayed for them, anoint them with oil, and agree...

Before I became a parent, I had a luxurious, rose-colored glasses view of parenting. I thought I'd teach my child to use the potty before age 2 since she clearly had such supreme intelligence (or at least, I assumed...