Bye Bye Baby Days

My friend showed me a video of her grandson’s first steps. The little boy toddled on his newly-found feet. They … More

To Freeze Time

I want to freeze every moment of your baby years. I want to tuck the sound of your first little … More

The mental birthing plan that I had made for our first child went something like this: lower self into birthing … More

Mornings with our toddler and baby are so full of highs and lows that it feels like we are all … More

I write a lot about our son. He has been around a little longer and is quite the character. But … More

I loathe my husband’s business trips. He travels about once a month and has done so for the past eight … More

It’s 2 AM and you awake folded like origami around your feverish toddler with a sandpaper tongue from singing his … More

Ever wonder what flying and jetlag do to the little ones? How do Mommy and Daddy cope? Basically, it takes … More

And in a way, birth is preparing us for life itself. Both are agonizing, messy, humiliating but beautiful.

They got bigger and that is how my husband knew that I was pregnant. The milk production had been in … More

Dear Baby, You fought the universe to come to us Arriving like a canon ball Our embrace absorbing the shock … More

I don’t know what is worse being a sick parent or being a parent with a sick kid. Being … More