Mom's Timeout

There are some secrets you just don’t tell anyone. Well, you don’t tell anyone except your best friend.  When you’re having a baby, there are a lot of “secrets” like that. If you’re like me, you get lucky and your best friend has been-there-done-that so you can ask her all your crazy questions. Thank God […]

Me? I’m a full time working Mom. I put in 40 hours a week and never take off my Mom hat. It’s a balancing act to say the least. And I think I’ve gotten pretty good at it over the years. Would I love the opportunity to be a SAHM? Sure!  But for now I find […]

The internet is bursting with Summer bucket lists, vacation ideas, educational day camps, and “easy” ways to tackle the inevitable boredom monster that appears when school’s out. You can color code your calendar, print a bucket list tailored to your child’s age, and save directions to all the local summer hang out spots. There are […]

More often than not, the news is full of negativity and violence these days. Once a while, though, you read something that really makes you stop and think. Occasionally, you stumble across a story as amazing as this one. This is so heartfelt and touching. I almost cried when I read it. An eight year […]

An unfinished baby book is the equivalent of every mom’s worst nightmare, right? It is when your school-aged child asks to see it for a project and you have to explain to a nine year old why you never got around to it. We just had a first birthday here last weekend. It dawned on […]

I know that some days I feel overwhelmed. Some days, I think I can’t possibly do it all and get everything done. It’s so easy for us, as women and mothers, to take everything upon ourselves. We don’t always ask for help much less realize that maybe we need it. I’m totally guilty of this […]

Do you ever feel as though there’s an entire list of chores that only you’re capable of doing? Does it ever seem like if you don’t take the time to do it, it doesn’t get done? Welcome to the club! I’m seriously starting to think it’s just part of being a mom. We were joking […]

Doesn’t hearing something like “Dad’s just babysitting” make you grit your teeth and bite your tongue? Does it rub you the wrong way? This is definitely one of my pet peeves. Hello! Dad isn’t ‘babysitting.’ He’s being a dad. These are his kids too! What’s up with this anyhow? Do people ever actually think before […]

Do you remember all of the crazy notions you had before you had kids of your own? Do you remember telling your mom friends you were tired just to have them roll their eyes at you? I still can’t believe all of the misconceptions that I had about being a mom before I actually became […]

We all want our kids to be happy, healthy, and successful in life. Most moms focus the majority of their energy on achieving those goals. We do what we can to help them get an education and learn to be responsible. We shower them with affection and words of affirmation to give them confidence and […]

One thing in life that I can definitely attest to is that there’s no such thing as a perfect mom. Try as we may, it’ll never happen. I’m no exception. My list of mommy fails definitely isn’t getting any shorter. Sometimes, it’s easier just to give in. You want to scatter your toys all over the […]

There’s no shortage of parenting advice. When you become a mom, everyone is quick to share all their parenting advice with you. Some of it is incredibly helpful and some of it just isn’t worth the breath they wasted on it. That said, there are a few areas where no one can really give you […]

Are there a few too many things on your to-do list that you haven’t managed to get around to? Are there things you should be doing, but you’re not? So much for good intentions… I know there are all kinds of things I want to do, but I just don’t have the time for. There […]

Do you sometimes feel guilty about your parenting decisions? Do you sometimes wonder if you’re doing the right thing? It’s definitely crossed my mind a time or two. Sometimes, I can’t help but question myself. As a mom, and especially as a first-time mom, it’s hard not to. I’m willing to bet that you’ve been […]

When I was a baby, technology was nothing like it is today. I remember looking through an old end table in the living room one day and stumbling across a printed copy of What To Expect The First Year. These days, I have those books on Kindle, but back then it was paper or nothing. One […]

For some reason, it’s easier for us as moms to see what we do wrong versus what we do right. Sometimes, when we feel like we’re failing our kids, we forget to look at the bigger picture. We might forget that in spite of the fact that we forgot to pack our little one’s favorite […]

Think back ten or so years… Where did you think you would be right now? What did you think your life would be like? Did you, more or less, have it all right or were you totally wrong about everything? Back then, I swore I would never get married and I was still under the assumption that […]

All we do is run. Get up, go to work, come home, get dinner, and the list goes on. Sometimes, it’s a struggle to keep up. As moms, we’re busy. Most of us don’t stop. I can’t even tell you the number of nights that I fall asleep with the laptop. I come home from […]

What was life like after you had a baby? Was it everything you imagined it would be? I remember right after I had my son – those first few weeks at home. It was the beginning of June, which is still mild in Southwestern PA. Nothing like August, that’s for sure. We spent the majority of those […]

Which milestones did you most look forward to during the first year? I was all about crawling. I mean, I waited and waited for the little guy to crawl. And I seriously think he knew that and purposely took his time. After all, he went from not crawling to crawling, pulling up, and cruising within […]