Tag: stay at home mom
Wearing Too Many Hats: Teaching, Zooming, and Parenting Through a Pandemic.
The clock reads 10:58am and I franticly rush to gather my phone and computer, along with some semblance of sanity and retreat into the...
Sick Kid Survival Kit – the 5 Must Haves
There’s no way around it: once you reach mid-January, cold and flu season is at its peak. And to make matters worse, by this...
Stay at Home Mom to Working Mom Transition
What am I losing if I "abandon" my role as a stay-at-home-mom? Am I going to miss out on all the post-nap snuggles from...
How I Keep Myself From SNAPPING at My Kids (Sometimes)
Usually when I feel myself losing my schmidt as a mom, it's because both kids are pushing me to the brink in a very methodical...
Behind this Glass of Wine: A day in the life of...
It was a hard day. It’s been a hard winter. Having three kids under the age of four is no joke. To say I’m...
How Minimalism is Changing my Motherhood
About a year ago, a friend started telling me about minimalism. She'd found minimalism because she was "tired of all of the stuff, always...
Our Toddler is in Full Time Preschool: A Stay-At-Home Mom Account
So, you stay at home with you son full time but he goes to full time preschool?
The look of bewilderment on people's face is...
Laundry: How I went from overflowing piles to an empty laundry...
I stretched my fingers to the back of the drawer, searching for just one pair of clean underwear, just enough to make it through the...
Getting Through a Toddler Rough Patch
This morning I was woken up at exactly 6:23 by my three-and-a-half-year-old daughter whisper-shouting "I need my bottom wiped!"
A month ago I would have...
Work Life Balance [when you work from home]
When I quit my job to stay at home with my baby, I thought, "What a great opportunity to start my own business and...
Overtime Parenting: A Medal to the Mom Whose Partner Travels
We’ve all been there: “Mommed” out after a day of too much whining or too many tantrums, glad to have an extra pair of...
Now I Know . . . An open letter of...
Before I became a flight attendant, the only thing I knew about them was that they served drinks and peanuts.
My access to seeing one...
I am Changing the World
We all have that mom friend who can do it all. She runs her own business, raises polite and healthy children, coaches her son’s...
Today, I Should Have Been Fired
I should've been fired today. To start with, I woke up late because I’ve gotten in the habit of hitting the snooze button. My...