Finally! It happened. My two-and-a-half-year-old (who is three-feet-tall, no exaggeration!) has grown out of her crib. I've delayed it long enough. Last week, though...
I failed at breastfeeding my newborn.
With tears I write this, even now. Three months in and I can't separate my feelings from my reality...
1. Toddler speak is part of your daily vocabulary. Granola bars are "bar bars," bananas are "nanas," you get the idea.
2. You hear music on...
Two weeks ago,11 year-old Shamiya Adams was killed in Chicago when a stray bullet fired by a teen gang member came through a window while...
"Eli ate a whole bottle of chewable aspirin, we've gotta go."
I'm sitting at my computer on Memorial Day and the words hit me like...
We didn't exactly have a plan when it came to me going back to work. The funding for my job ran out a week...
Did you guys hear the story about how Facebook had an outage in LA last week? Well it goes something like this. The site...
In the wake of Cheryl Hanna’s death, the beloved Vermont Law School professor who recently took her life due to her private struggle with...
Today (August 12th) we will have our cake and we will eat it too. We are not celebrating a birthday or a graduation. There...
In my last trimester of pregnancy, a flood destroyed our home. The spring green nursery complete with washed and folded-hand-me-down clothes and a honey colored...
I have to admit that I was a bit shocked when I first heard that it was possible to breastfeed an adopted child. We...
I chose not to breastfeed my babies.
World Breastfeeding Week has been a time to reflect on my choices as a woman and as a...
DISCLAIMER: This might scare you if you've never breastfed before. It might make you rethink it. Please skip directly to last paragraph.
I was 27...
There was a point in my life where I remember thinking breastfeeding was weird.
My mom did not breast feed and I was not exposed...