Tag: Parenting
Parenting from a Broken Place
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...
Pre-Tween and The Mother’s Curse
I miss the years where my two year old would throw herself on the ground and throw the most epic fits to try to...
Choose Your Own Adventure: Parenting Edition
Parenting is a series of choices.
Your basic job as the person raising this child is to make the initial decisions that will chart the...
Taming the Tiger Mom
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...
Life with Resting Grumpy Mom Face
Grumpy: surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
"grumpy." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 15 Oct. 2015. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/grumpy>.
I am not a grumpy mom.
I...
Our Bodies Are Not Meant For Childbirth
Our bodies are meant for this.
This innocent-sounding phrase is everywhere. You read it in novels. You hear the instructor in childbirth class repeat it...
Life Through The Camera Lens
The year was 2008. I was seven months pregnant with our fourth daughter and we were on our "Babymoon". My husband and I spent...
Time to Confess
Let me start by saying MJ is deep in the “threeanger” phase.
He is independent when he wants to be, totally needy other times, throwing...
I’m a Bisexual Single Mom, and My Sexuality Matters
I'm a 40 year old single mom, and I've been out as bisexual for almost 25 years.
Out to my friends and family, out at...
Ditch the Nursing Cover While Breastfeeding!
Ladies, can we all just agree on something? It’s time to ditch the nursing cover!
You know the ones I’m talking about; they look like...
Grandparents Day Gratitude
Mimi, Nona, Papa, Gaga, Grandpa….The many names of the grandparents that love and adore my son.
With Grandparents day this month, I’m feeling especially grateful...
On Teaching Teenagers Life Lessons
I've come a long way in my fifteen years as a mom.
From a fearful, hovering helicopter to a confident, laid back adviser. It's funny how...
Perspectives in Parenting :: I Said I’d Never Bed-Share
Motherhood comes with a host of choices to make about what is best for you, your family, and your child. We at BurlingtonVT Moms...
Perspectives in Parenting: Sleeping Independently
Motherhood comes with a host of choices to make about what is best for you, your family, and your child. We at BurlingtonVT Moms...