It makes me happy to know that people are out there figuring out how babies brains work. Because, having given birth to two of these mysterious creatures called babies, I still want to know. The abov...

In my part of the country, kids are returning to school this week and next–this includes all schools except, it seems, for my daughter’s preschool, which begins after Labor Day, which mean...

I confess. Summertime is the ultimate scapegoat. The best excuse ever. And I’ve been working it like nobody’s business.   It’s too hot to exercise.   It’s too hot to cook.  ...

According to  this poll, 79 percent of mothers who voted claimed they laugh more since becoming mothers. That made me want to cry. I voted “no,” I don’t laugh more,  but, upon ...

I’ve been wanting to write this post forever but have been too much of a coward. This Very Violet post gave me courage. Mother rage: I’ve felt it. It has surprised me.  It has startled ...

So…. Based on the immediate and passionate reaction  to my mother rage post, it seems clear: Motherhood can make us angry. (And, apparently, fatherhood too, but I will have to take the Dadler...

You wouldn’t know it by his huskiness, but my baby boy, Ryan, refuses to eat. He is 16 months old and roughly 26 pounds. He tops the growth charts compared to other boys his age. His belly pops,...

Sometimes when Esther teases Isla it disturbs me to the point where I react as if I’m the one being teased. Being the youngest of five, it’s tough to remain unbiased when I get in the mi...

Beth Hering’s recent post about the mother who arrived at school on horseback to pick her daughter up– I can’t believe they sent her home without her daughter– is a perfect seg...

I read with interest a recent Chicago Tribune article entitled, “Life 101:  What Every Child Should Learn Before You Let them Fly the Coop.” Basically, it was a list of common hou...