I think everyone feels it to some extent, but from January to March each year I'm in a funk. And of course, the illnesses that fly around don't help things - the stomach bug or a chest cold can leave you and the kids stuck in the house for days on end. This happened to us last week - my 4-year-old got a mild stomach bug. I say "mild" because we've had some doozies and this one lasted only 24… Read More

I've been hearing a lot lately from a new market niche - baby planner consultants. What a great job to have. Many Moms have started these companies where they offer their services to help expecting or new, first time Moms.

There's such a market for it - I can say that with confidence because I've been there, as has every other Mom I know. No matter how many nieces and nephews you have, how many times you've babysat, you… Read More

We had a momentous occasion in our family last weekend - my oldest went skiing for the first time. I'm an average skier, but my husband's an expert - pre-kids traveling everywhere from Whistler to Tahoe to the Alps to ski any chance he had. Having our kids ski has always been something important to him that he wanted to share with them. We planned on starting the kids when they turned 3 - but last year it wasn't in… Read More

So of course with the New Year came my resolution to get back to the gym more regularly. I had kind of fallen out of going all that often in the fall and I was feeling it. So New Years Day, I was online looking at a schedule of classes for the next day at my gym and this class was listed: Zumba. I had no idea what it was but the name itself intrigued me so I… Read More

We started signing with my first son when he was 12 months old. It seemed like all his little 12-month-old friends were talking and I had that whole first time Mom worry. (Why isn't my child talking? Which was of course absurd at 12 months)

Anyway, several of his friends also watched Signing Time and would communicate with their parents that way. We decided to try it out and had wonderful results. Within two weeks my son was signing… Read More

So my eye happened to catch the feature story in the Life section of today's USA Today. It's titled, " Answers elusive as C-section rate rises." The article discusses how the rate for the number of C-sections is soaring. (It was 26.1% in 2002 and was 31.1% in 2006.) It discusses all sorts of reasons as to why the numbers are rising - how so many doctors have the mentality that "once a c-section, always a c-section." Beyond that, there's… Read More