The Momma Life
12 ways to drive your mother crazy…
Dear fellow toddlers, esteemed big kids & small ones. It’s me. Yep, the little person. I stole this thing my mom calls an “mmmpoooter”; to pass along a very important message to my fellow little people. This is crucial to your survival, and will ensure that the grown-ups in your life are sufficiently taught just …
Why I deleted email and facebook from my phone
I don’t have a great cell phone to begin with. In fact, it’s almost embarrassing. Crackberry turned CRAPberry. It had the basics of a smartphone – email that I enabled when I was working, Facebook and twitter apps, and the ability to call and text (both of which I am quite useless at). I never was …
Coping | My reading list
When I get stressed or overwhelmed, I read. There is nothing more comforting to me than the library. I feel as if I am surrounded by infinite possibilities, and a million potential answers to any challenge I might face. Usually the book itself won’t solve any problems, but just the process of sitting down to …
Sleeping arrangements | Your post-baby bed
Having a baby is hard. Getting every member of the family some semblance of proper sleep simultaneously? Difficult doesn’t begin to describe it. My husband and I have always been a mismatched pair in terms of our sleep patterns: I am a night owl, he is a morning person. I can function quite happily on …
It’s too easy to stay at home
It’s too easy to stay at home. (Insert collective gasp of horror here) Not in the ‘stay-at-home-mom’ kind of way (definitely not easy). In the “we’ll-just-hang-around-the-house-today-and-not-go-anywhere” kind of way. I’ve shared my previous struggles with anxiety before, something that reared its ugly head postpartum. Because of this, I find it far too easy to justify not leaving …
An open letter to myself
Dear {self-doubting} me, Take a step back, and look at her. Just look. When you are wondering if you are doing a ‘good job’, if you are smiling enough, playing enough, singing enough, reading enough. When you feel like you don’t take her ‘out’ enough, or have her in enough mom & tot programs. When …
Should I stay or should I go now | My decision to stay at home
I feel extremely fortunate to live in a country that provides new mothers (and fathers) with the opportunity to take 12 months paid parental leave. When I try to imagine what it would have been like to return to full-time work mere weeks after giving birth, I shudder. Simply walking to the grocery store was an …
