It’s 8:00pm. Which means my baby is both hungry and tired. She’s ready for her snuggles and her milk. I’m changing her diaper and getting her into her pajamas when she really starts to let me know she’s hungry. Hang on, my sweet one. You won’t sleep well in this dirty diaper. Your milk is warming, …
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The house is quiet and I’m up sipping my first cup of coffee of the day. In a few minutes my kids will start to wake up one by one, and we’ll hit the ground running. Someone will want milk, another will want me to help him find a lost toy. One will want to …
This Should Be Your First Thought When You Take Your Kids Shopping
On average, I go shopping with my kids about 3 – 4 times a week. There are a couple reasons for this. First of all, TARGET. Need I say more? Second, my kids take up so much of the cart that I wouldn’t have room to get everything I need for the week in one …
Why I Don’t Feel Guilty About Wanting To Clean When I’m With My Kids
It’s midnight. I just spent the last hour and a half cleaning. You’re looking at my freshly mopped kitchen floor. This floor gets a beating every single day. First thing in the morning it collects cereal, milk, and sometimes yogurt. I try my best to clean it up, but I’m usually rushed and end up …
The Constant Pull I Feel As A Working Mom
I wake up around 5:00am to the sweet babbling of my little one. For some beautiful reason, my daughter never wakes up crying. Instead, she just chatters in her bed until I make my sleepy way into her room. I bend down and say good morning and am greeted with the biggest, most beautiful, tongue-out, …
Why I Don’t Pretend To Be A Perfect Parent
I’m going to be completely transparent with you. The past couple weeks have been rough. And you know what? I can’t even pinpoint exactly why. It just seems like life is taking TONS of extra effort lately. Sure, there are a few obvious things that have contributed. 1. The kids have been sick. First it was colds. …
What I Couldn’t Understand Until I Became A Mom
I wish someone would have told me that the first time I laid my eyes on you, I wouldn’t able to breathe, or move, or speak, for fear of falling out of the reality that you’re mine. I wish someone would have told me that the first time my mom held you, with tears rolling …
Real Life With Two Under Two
I get a lot of emails and questions from readers who are about to become a mom to two little ones, oftentimes feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about what to expect as they get ready to welcome their second. My friend Laura just had her second, and I knew she’d be the perfect person to …
I Get Annoyed By Unhelpful People: Here’s What I’m Doing About It
I take my kids to Target on a regular basis. Largely, because it’s one of the few stores that has grocery carts big enough to fit all my kids. Every trip looks much the same. We drive around the parking lot looking for a cart corral that has one of the mega carts. I park as close …
When Dad’s In Charge
In case you don’t follow me on Facebook, I wanted to let you know that I was over on Twin Cities Moms Blog yesterday sharing what it looks like when my husband takes care of the kids. It looks just a LITTLE different. Sometimes his way of doing things kind of annoys me, but I’m trying …