Mom's Timeout

We’re all different when it comes to our parenting styles and that’s okay. It isn’t exactly black and white – there’s a lot of gray. There are still a few areas, though, that are guaranteed to spark a debate. Off the top of your head, can you list the so-called issues that would end up […]

When my husband and I were engaged, I collected marriage tips from my grandparents. I saved them all for our future life together. Now, looking back, I’m so glad we took the time to learn from their wisdom. I try to return the favor whenever friends start their journey as newlyweds. My husband and I […]

I love the dollar store! You can find just about anything there and it’s all $1. It doesn’t get better than that. As a nanny in college, I learned that it’s a great place to get sidewalk chalk, water balloons, and bubbles for the kiddos to play with in the warm weather. These days I love […]

When you’re a new mom, you start with a nice clean slate. You’re determined to get everything right. You think you’ll never make the mistakes you see other moms make. About the same time you start that list of “I’ll never” stuff, you start another similar list too. It’s a list of lies. You tell […]

I seem to struggle with the idea of having to work more than my son does with spending the day with his friends. Let’s face it, in his eyes, that’s exactly what he’s doing. I drop him off, he spends the day with his friends, and then he comes home and spends the evening with […]

I have become a convert.  And by convert, I mean I now regularly get Brazilians.  And by Brazilians, yes, I mean, the denuding of my ladybits.  To that end, Groupon is my friend, and using Groupons forces me to make new friends.  Intimate friends. And by intimate, I mean more than 1 waxer.  If you […]

Generation Y? Seriously? I must be living under a rock because I didn’t even realize that such a term existed. Apparently, being born between approximately 1980 and 2000 makes us just that – Millennial moms. We also seem to be at the center of a lot of debates because our views on parenting are vastly […]

I live in a new housing development that is ruled by a Homeowners Association (HOA).  If you aren’t familiar with an HOA, it is the Enforcer for cookie cutter neighborhoods.  The HOA makes sure that uniformity is adhered to, collect assessments and enforces the rules of the governing documents, or Covenants. The problem with HOAs […]

When my daughter was growing up, up until she was about 8 years old, she called me “Mama”.  I mourned the day that morphed into just plain, old “Mom”.  Do I answer to Mom?  Absolutely.  Otherwise, I’d probably be hauled in by CPS for neglecting my child. On the flip side, I love being called […]

The proverb “It takes a village to raise a child” has been proven time and time again.  Children do not grow up in just one home, but in a community including parents (whether together or separate), teachers, grandparents and other caregivers.  All shape and mold the child in one form or another. Raising a child […]

Taking care of others is part and parcel of being a mom.  You are so busy getting the kids off to school, making sure hair is combed, teeth are brushed and everyone has lunch money, when do you take care of you? The best thing about working out is that it allows you to relieve […]

Do you remember putting together your registry list and adding all of the awesome things that you thought you needed – at least until you actually brought your little bundle of joy home and realized that you didn’t use the majority of them? I was totally guilty of this. I ended up with every baby […]

At times, this gig called “Motherhood” is incredibly taxing. We, as Moms, are expected to be Superwomen while channeling June Cleaver. We’re not allowed sick days or vacation days. Some of us are employed outside of the household, others maintain the household; some of us are flying solo, while others have partners to shoulder the […]

If you have ever experienced colic, you know how incredibly exhausting it can be.  When my daughter was an infant, her colic began at 2 weeks, escalated for another 4 weeks, and ended when she was about 3 months. I was supposed to stay with my parents for the first 2 weeks of her life, […]

Dealing with your toddler’s tantrums can be really unnerving.  Sometimes it’s hard to regulate your own emotions when you’re watching your child battle his. Often toddlers get upset about things that seem very trivial to us. It’s natural to want to reason with them, to try to explain… but it never seems to work. Toddlers […]

High School Graduation Day fast approaches. It will soon be the last day of my daughter’s public school education and 3 days after that is graduation. I’m not going to quote trite sayings like “They’re only with you for a short time” or “Time flies when you’re raising kids”. I know all of that, because believe […]

When I was in high school, the tv show Gilmore Girls was popular. My mom and I never missed an episode. We jokingly referred to ourselves as real-life Gilmore girls. For better or worse, there were a lot of similarities. As the child in the relationship, I often alternated between being certain that my mom […]

Do you have any bad habits – addictions that you just can’t seem to stop? No, I’m not talking about anything illegal in nature. I’m talking about the things you do as a parent that make you cringe. We all have them. For the most part, we just don’t talk about them. Remember the old […]

Those first few weeks and months are tense, especially once your husband has gone back to work and you’re on your own more often than not. Newborn babies don’t exactly sleep for more than a few hours at a time, which means you’re basically not sleeping at all. No sooner do you get the baby […]

Have you seen this? Talk about a dream come true for the women who are working for Rachel Zoe. Could you imagine having the opportunity to take your kids to work with you every day? Apparently, for these women, that dream has become a reality. Rachel Zoe opened a nursery for the moms on her […]