Mommy guilt is a heavy burden that I’ve noticed most moms carry around with them, weighing them down. “I wish I yelled less”, “I should have said ‘no’ to that snack”, “I should have said ‘yes’ to that snack”, “I should be more firm”, “I should loosen the reigns”, the things I hear are endless.…Continue reading Down with Mommy Guilt
Category: Parenting
What crunchy ISN’T…
Last year I described what crunchy meant. My family calls me “the hippie one”, some people say granola, and I’ve heard allusions to attachment parenting. Basically, crunchy is a lifestyle where you may or may not eat all organic (I don’t!), cloth diaper (not anymore but a huge CD enthusiast!), breastfeed, babywear, make your own…Continue reading What crunchy ISN’T…
Bittersweet
As I begin to experience my last firsts as a parent, I am feeling the way that every mother will someday feel when they reach that magic number of children for their family to be complete. For us, the number of children was four. As I packed away my son’s newborn clothes, a size my…Continue reading Bittersweet