One of my Facebook mommy groups just had a fairly lengthy discussion about what to do when you have to pee in public and there’s nowhere to put your kid. With two babies at once, I face this dilemma on a fairly regular basis. Usually when I’m alone I’m wearing one or both babies. So I just pee normally, but with… Read more »
At 7:15 Monday morning, I left my house for my first-ever week-long work trip, and the longest I have been away from the boys since their birth. It’s horrible. I miss them so much that it literally hurts. I physically ache for them. I feel like I am missing a limb and there is phantom pain where it once was…. Read more »
Each week in Mythbuster Monday, we tackle some of the crazy and often discouraging stuff people tell parents — especially expectant and new moms. Want to request a post on a specific parenting myth ? Contact us with your idea! Among the many disheartening pieces of “advice” I received while I was pregnant with my twins was this gem: “Have fun now, because… Read more »
Throwdown Thursday is a biweekly-ish feature wherein we discuss controversial parenting topics. Respectful disagreement is welcome in the comments! Have a request for a topic? Contact us with your idea! I keep seeing moms referring to their baby girls as “divas” and I’m like, seriously? She’s not a diva. She’s a BABY. Unless she’s actually a celebrated female vocalist (the… Read more »
The first six weeks or so after my twins came home from the hospital were a level of exhaustion and insanity I have never known, and do not ever wish to know again (although honestly, having another set of twins in the future wouldn’t be the end of my world — don’t tell Daddy-in-Training). I routinely cried in the middle… Read more »