My daughter’s birthday is this week, at the end of August. Honestly, the reason I gave birth to my kids during the Summer was to hopefully avoid the birthday circuit, but thanks to the...
It’s that time of year again: the first week of August kicks off “world breastfeeding week”, a globally supported event with its’ own website (worldbreastfeedingweek.org), whose mission includes the “protection, promotion, and support of...
It’s officially August. When I was a kid that meant one more month left of Summer. But I guess we didn’t want to share that kind of fun with our kids, so for most...
This weekend, I, like many other women in America, saw the movie “Bad Moms”. It clearly resonated with a lot of women, as the Facebook groups have been buzzing about it all weekend. My...
For those of you unfamiliar with the term “redshirting”, it refers to (in the educational arena) holding back children who are of elementary age an additional year to ostensibly give them time to grow...
This week I turned forty. That’s right; I have graced the earth with my presence for four decades. In all seriousness, part of me does not comprehend the gravity of that number. When I...
I am disheartened by the number of women who now subscribe to the notion of planning the perfect birth. For one thing, this is not your wedding. The day is not just about you. ...
When I was a kid, birthday parties were fun but they were also carefree and easygoing affairs. Many of the parties were held in the family’s backyard, especially if they had pools. The menu...
