I was driving home one day after picking up both of my boys from childcare. As usual, my oldest was chatting away about different things...
OK (huge scared sigh issued) here goes people...
10 horrible things I've done as a parent, judge away.
1. Watched as BOTH of my children have,...
“I am signing off from Facebook for a while, starting this evening, please PM me for my email/cell before 9pm this evening if interested...
Species: Mama Extroverta.
Age: 30 (but might accidentally say "27" if you ask.)
Status: Rescued from a (semi-) wild twenty-something life in the big city. Currently...
Before I had kids, I was cool.
Ha - Made ya look! No, I was never cool. I was a chubby arty geek girl with...
A few years ago, I was asked to help run a swim curriculum for the local middle school. One where my own daughter was...
Tucked in the Old North End of Burlington is an amazing playspace and resource for families and children.
It's actually been there for 25 years...
Despite the still warm days and brilliant colors, I feel the anxiety of winter stealing my ability to just fall into the graces of...
For a number of years, I parented from a very broken place.
(I never realized the time was going by and that I couldn't get...
Sometimes I can't turn it off.
The hum in my head keeps swift tempo with an ever changing list of do's and don'ts, subtly morphing...
The First Hour after Birth: A Baby’s 9 Instinctive Stages
So much effort is devoted to preparing for labor and birth throughout pregnancy, but what...
To be honest, you won’t know right away.
When you find your child lying on the ground beside her bike with no obvious injury, you...
Being a parent of a child with ADD/ADHD can feel isolating.
As with any perceived difference, however slight, you feel like the only parent that’s...
I went to a physical recently. I haven't seen my primary care doctor, whom I love, since I became pregnant and gave birth to...
In + Around Vermont
The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families
Late into the evening on Monday, December 16, I lay in bed while my three kids were asleep, watching the Men’s National Collegiate Soccer...
