Motherhood
Posts related to raising children through their ages and stages
Commitment to a Newborn is Worth It
Update 2014: I have been dealing with at least one child having a nasty cold/cough keeping him (and myself) awake all night, resulting in a large amount of whining the next day (from them and, being honest here, from me too). The hardest has been 5 month old J. He...
Motherhood is Hard, But It Isn’t Hard Forever
I have just had my fourth baby so I know a thing or two about the seasons of motherhood and I would be lying if I said that motherhood is easy. But I have learned something important: motherhood is hard, but it isn't hard forever. Eventually babies grow, children...
How To Do It All As A Mom
I chatted with a mom of 8 recently and told her she must be a bit crazy to have that many kids. She laughed and pointed out that I have 5 children. Yep. That sounds a little crazy too! Some people think that moms of large families must be super human to be able to...
I Don’t Want to be a Cranky Mommy
Warning: This is a true story. And it's not a pretty one! I'm trying to fix dinner. Baby Bear is fussing in his baby seat. Then he starts screaming at me because I've left him too long. So I grab him and hope the pasta doesn't boil over. Then C comes in the...
D is for Diapers – The Best Style and Brand of Cloth Diapers
I started cloth diapering my first son when he was about 10 months old. I bought some cheap covers and my mom donated all the flats she used on my siblings and me. Mom had received them used so C was the 7th baby to use these flats! There were a few hiccups but I...
Cloth Diaper Tips
These cloth diaper tips were written for a new cloth diapering mama, by a mom who has cloth diapered 4 little men and is now diapering her first little girl over the course of the last 12 years. It was written to be a cheat sheet of tips, not a full blown tutorial....