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I need help! Do you miss the days when you could drop off your baby at daycare or your kiddo at preschool?  As much as you love your kids and being around them, there’s always a bunch of things you need to accomplish.  While someone else responsible and capable had them you would go to work, or keep up the house, or did chores, or took care of one of the million and one other things that needed to be done. These days, for the most part, it’s all the same. Your demanding schedule hasn’t changed.  You have to put in the hours to bring in the bacon, the house needs to be maintained, and chores and other important tasks are waiting to be taken care of.   But now that schools and daycares have closed, you have your little one basically every hour of every day. What do you do? How can you get it … Keep Reading…

First time mothers You’re a first time mom, which is like going on an exciting journey with no roadmap whatsoever.  You’re in a constant state of both buoyant joy and crushing exhaustion. That’s why you appreciate the advice from your mom, your sister, all the moms in your life who love you and want you to succeed.  Even though you’ve read all the books, done all the online research and then some, it’s reassuring to see what people you know have actually gone through. The changes are coming so fast.  Constant crying turns to gurgling and sometimes laughter.  Erratic sleep, to snatches of sleep, to sleep training…eventually.  Breastfeeding becomes bottle feeding and then eating solids.  I don’t understand And when it comes to communication, random sounds become gurgling, then babbling, then…nonsense?  The books didn’t mention this!  And come to think of it, your circle of moms didn’t either.  What’s going on? What is jargon? Your … Keep Reading…