Confessions of a progressive mama: I sleep-trained my baby
Megan’s parenting confession is “wrapped in guilt, cloaked in shame, manage to stick around despite all my attempts at denial, rationalization, and even good old fashion confrontation.” What is it? She sleep-trained her baby.
Will my child still love me if we wean?
If you wean your child, will he or she still be close? Do you ever just feel like a “walking dairy rack?”
Why we did baby sign language (and how I’d suggest you do it differently)
We did baby sign language classes with Seattle’s Visually Speaking, and it was awesome! Here are my tips on what I did wrong signing with Tavi.
Sydney’s Ugly Dolls and monsters nursery
Normally, monsters in the nursery is a bad thing, but Sydney’s Ugly Dolls nursery with guest appearances by Godzilla and other monsters is scary cute.
How we decorated the nursery without breaking the bank
Decorating your kid’s nursery with style doesn’t have to be a monumentally expensive task — you just have to know where to look.
Are first year birthday parties really necessary?
Kids don’t even notice their first birthdays, right? So why not spend your kids first bday sipping champagne with your friends?
Reflections on a year of parenthood
I used to read about mothers describing how vulnerable they felt after having their children, and think “Oh, isn’t that lovely. You’re so wide open now and loving at such a different level — how powerful.” Um, no.
A year of sleeping dangerously
We started tracking Tavi’s sleep the day after he was born, using a tool called Trixie Tracker. I knew I couldn’t control Tavi’s newborn sleep habits, but somehow keeping track of the awfulness was going to help me.