I admit that one of the bigger concerns my husband and I had when deciding to start a family was what our little bundle of joy would do to our social life. Don’t get me wrong; our dance cards were never jam-packed every weekend. What I’m talking about is the simple act of sitting across [...]

I pretty much suck at making New Year’s resolutions. Well, let me clarify. I’m good at making them but I can’t keep them. Oh, I can keep them for a month or two, but invariably, I degenerate into my nasty old habits. For example, for the past ten years, I’ve resolved to lose weight. Guess [...]

Note to self: Do not complain about the hardships of being a parent to childless friends.

I did just that recently, telling BeautifulSuccessfulThinFriend about my son’s need to interact with me every waking minute.

“Well, you wanted him,” she said unfeelingly.

Of course I wanted him. I also wanted braces, but that doesn’t mean I have to enjoy everything about them.

Goodness knows I’ve sat through enough of her venting about

The events of last week made me question my decision to become a parent. My son was VERY DIFFICULT last week. Perhaps it was because he was just getting over an ear infection; perhaps it was because he is freaked out that we’ve put our house up for sale; or perhaps he just occasionally needs [...]

It’s that time of year again, when parents take their kids for haircuts and dress them in their finest. No, I don’t mean Christmas, I’m talking about School Pictures.
Actually, my son isn’t even in real school yet. He still goes to preschool. So it was something of a shock to learn about school pictures for [...]