There probably isn’t a week that goes by when my son doesn’t have some sort of scratch, bruise, blister, or other physical reminder that he is an active boy. I noticed last night that h...

Does your baby sleep through the night? Well done! Does your baby wake frequently? What were you thinking? Excuse my bitter tone, but this conversation, going on over at Motherlode, caught my eye, and...

My son recently had a social studies assignment to create a timeline of his life. Besides such noteworthy events as going to Disney and getting an Xbox, I noticed that he included the death of his ...

Despite being an only child raising an only child, I am fascinated by birth order. (Maybe I watched too much Brady Bunch during my formative years.) While a recent New York Times article entitle...

Here’s the story I promised yesterday at the end of my post on the 3-year-old who accidentally threw back the foul ball her dad had caught at a Phillies baseball game.   A teacher friend of m...

Kids just aren’t getting outdoors enough anymore. It’s not good for the kids and it’s not good for the outdoors. So, the U.S. Forest Service, together with the AdCouncil, has put ...

I came across this article called “Swearing Makes You Feel Less Pain“. I was initially intrigued: hey, maybe that could have helped during labor!   The author starts by saying this: That ...

Laughing in a tub full of bubbles. Shampoo horns. Clutching a rubber duckie after getting out of the bath. Resting on a towel all peaceful and clean.   Great photo ops for the baby album, right? Â...

An article in the Wall Street Journal confirms what I’ve already learned from painful experience: Parents don’t always make the best teachers. The article describes the ways in which par...

When people see me together with Isla, they often say, “She looks just like you.” “Does she?” I think. “I could only dream of being so cute.” Really, I don’t...