Category: Parenting

Potty training, one of the first big hurdles you will encounter as a parent. It’s a hurdle you dread beginning. However, you know there awaits a diaper free promised land just on the other...

When my children were young, they all enjoyed dressing up in costumes. They loved spending a few hours in the worlds of their favorite characters. However, my youngest son took it to a whole...

I don’t care where your moral compass lies, parenthood has a way of bringing out the Pinocchio in us all. There will come a time and more than likely many times when you will...

What do a geneticist, a mother of three, and a teenage one-armed swim instructor have in common? They each gave me a piece of advice that would shape the course of my path as...

When my oldest child was around two years old, she developed an obsession with dogs. Not a fascination, mind you, an obsession. She carried stuffed dogs everywhere she went, often crawled around on all...

I am not your average, mainstream mama bear. That didn’t happen by choice. And, although my journey into motherhood started out pretty ordinary, it has evolved into something quite unusual. As a mother of...