Mom's Timeout

We’re going to have a little fun here. A little bedtime analyzing fun! Because of course what time your kids go to bed says a lot about the type of parent you are. Who would’ve thought, right? It would stand to reason that the later you let your kids go to bed, the more easy-going you are […]

Being a mom is one of the most amazing things you’ll ever experience, but it’s also one of the hardest. Sometimes, though, hard isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes, it just is. Hard is relative and it’s definitely different for each of us. The so-called “hard” that a lot of moms describe in the first […]

Something I’ve noticed is that little kids feel all the same emotions that adults do. Unfortunately, they don’t always know how to express them in constructive ways. Kids tend to hit and kick or scream and cry. Not necessarily the best way to handle their feelings, right? One awesome thing to do is to put a […]

I remember when I was a kid and my parents would put me on “timeout.” I would sit there and tap my feet and sing and do just about anything else I could think of to amuse myself. And in turn, drive them crazy. Lol… And then there was the time years later that my […]

I’m very much a so-called hands-on mama. I’m not all about leaving my son just for the sake of leaving him. Maybe, it’s partly because I was well into my 30’s before I ever even conceived. At that point, I had already had plenty of years of being single and even of being married without […]

Ah, the dreaded pacifier. It seems like such a good idea when you have an infant who won’t stop crying and then it just spirals out of control. I vowed no pacifier. I swore up and down I would never resort to such things. Yea, well… We all know how that goes. Win some, lose some. […]

I absolutely do not have a so-called green thumb. Not even close. Actually, as irony would have it, my son and I planted a few flowers and put them on the windowsill the other night. We’ll see how long it takes before I forget to water them. Of course it’s no surprise then that I […]

What is it with people and all the crap about how a stay-at-home mom does nothing all day. If nothing looks like planting flowers together and doing laundry, making three different meals and at least two snacks and of course all the dishes that go with each of them, doing craft projects and science experiments… And […]

I’ve always said that kids do things in their own time and on their own terms. There’s really not much we can do about that. As moms, it’s easy to think that our kids should be able to do this or that. Or there’s no way they can manage one thing or another. And yet, […]

I may or may not have mentioned before that I hate grocery shopping. I actually much prefer buying on Amazon to pushing a cart containing a very bored toddler through multiple stores. Either way, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. There are quite a few things we buy in bulk, but some of […]

I’m sure you probably did a double-take when you read that title, right? I assure you that I did too. It’s definitely hard to believe, but maybe it’s time to trade in your cough syrup for chocolate. We already know how awesome chocolate is for PMS. Okay, so maybe medical science hasn’t exactly caught up […]

I’m as shocked as you are, no doubt. Cheese is seriously at the top of my list of favorite foods. And I assure you that I’m not even picky about it. Any cheese will do. Cheddar, Mozzarella, Colby-Jack, or Provolone. It’s all the same as far as I’m concerned. One of my favorite quick and […]

  It’s so funny to think about, isn’t it? The little white lies we’ve all told our kids… There’s of course the usual. You know, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. And then there are all the creatives ones that we moms dream up to makes our lives just a little bit easier. I remember […]

Have you ever really stopped to think about how much your life changes once you say those two words that mean forever and always? Has it ever occurred to you that marriage might not be quite as romantic as you’d always hoped? It’s crazy to think that my husband and I have been together for […]

I’m willing to bet that, at least for most moms, making dinner is one of their least favorite parts of the day. It’s such a chore to decide what, make the mess that comes with actually making it, convince everyone that eating is really a good idea after all, and then clean it all up. I […]

Do you have faithful furry friends that follow your kids everywhere? It’s amazing to me how close my son and our chocolate lab are. I was actually worried at one point that the dog wouldn’t adjust, but I’ve been nothing less than pleased with both of them. The dog was well-trained early on and we’ve […]

There are few things in life as strange as the last few months of pregnancy. By that point, I was a combination of overwhelmingly exhausted and so sick I couldn’t sleep. It was definitely interesting. I spent the majority of my third trimester trying to master sleeping while sitting up because the very moment I […]

I am seriously dreading my son starting school. Granted, I still have a few years left, but I’ve heard nothing other than horror stories recently from parents who end up struggling to get their kids to do the work assigned by their well-meaning teachers. I really do think that homework is overrated, especially for younger kids. […]

Have you ever been going along and minding your own business when suddenly you can’t help but be distracted by the huge scene that’s being caused by someone’s kid not getting their way? A whole lot of ruckus, right? Have you been on the opposite end of these types of public meltdowns more times than […]

I swear the worst errand in the world has to be grocery shopping. I’ve had a few friends tell me they use Amazon Prime just to avoid dragging multiple kids out of the house and into public on particularly bad days. And while we’re on the subject, every once in a while, I place an […]