My father came to visit us when I was pregnant with my third child. Fall of 1999.
We lived in a one bedroom basement apartment...
We slipped casually into autumn. One day suggestions of fall were muttered under the warm breath of summer, crisp and chilly morning air and...
I've started calling my two year old daughter Fickle Pickle. I swear, she gets it from me and outwardly I'm all apologies over it....
Have you heard that term before - "I slept like a baby"? It wasn't until I had Clark and Dean that I started to...
Every year, Burlington VT Moms Blog asks our readers to weigh in on how we can best serve you. This short reader survey will...
There once was a girl who liked quiet and solitude. I’ve told you her story before. She’s the one who married the loud socially...
COVID-19… did this one ever turn the world on its butt!
What were the other big events during this mother's lifetime, you ask?
If you were...
Night terrors. Screaming. Flailing. Stiff body.
I remember my son’s first episode of night terrors as clear as my children's births. My husband and I...
It’s been scientifically proven that reading to babies at early ages encourages cognitive and language development. It is never too soon to start reading...
“Isn’t it wonderful that you can bring her to work with you?” I cannot tell you how many times I’ve heard this over the...
I'm a child of the 80s. Fashion trends were both preposterous and severe. I'm a survivor.
I survived jelly shoes, hammer harem pants, tapered, cuffed,...
You might not read this in any parenting book, but if I were to write one (God help anyone who would pay money for...
My daughter Wren grinned squinty eyes as we sang happy birthday this morning, then cheered us into an encore as if she knew something...
I keep making the same parenting mistake over and over I need desperately need to learn to stop.
I need to teach myself to quit...
In + Around Vermont
Winter in Vermont
It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...
