Tag: parenting

Stop Comparing Kids: Importance of Treating Them as Individuals

Though I’ve been a writer for as long as I can remember, I’ve only entered my “children’s book era” recently. In fact, I began writing my first children’s book, The Only Me, in the fall of 2021. Though I wasn’t exactly sure what I was doing at first (thank you so much my incredible group […]

5 Tips for Spending Quality Time with Each Child

While I used to think quality time meant an extensive and well-thought out date outside the house doing something fun or adventurous, now I realize that what my kids (and I) really crave is simply uninterrupted time together. In fact, research has shown that it’s not the amount of time spent with your children, but rather the quality of that time that counts. 

Summertime Mom Squad on Fox 9 Good Day

I had the best time joining Miss Shannan Paul and the lovely Fox 9 Good Day hosts for another Good Day Mom Squad segment! This one was all about summer schedules, tips for limiting summer screen time, neighborhood play and so much more. Check it out!

The Only Me – Now Available!

I’m thrilled to share that my children’s book, The Only Me, is now available for purchase via Amazon! This has truly been my passion project over the last year, and I’m so eager to share this story about a little girl, who happens to be a fraternal twin, yearning to be seen as her her […]

Cover for The Only Me Complete

Here it is… the completed cover of my new children’s book, The Only Me, available for purchase on August 25th via Amazon and a host of other online retailers. I’m so thrilled to finally be able to share this book cover with you. Next up… the book! Stay tuned!

The Moby Wrap

I was on my 11th day past due, and was scheduled for an induction bright and early the next morning. I was… petrified. Not of the giving birth part, although I certainly wasn’t feeling confident about that either, but for the parenthood part – the part after my doctor was going to hand me a […]

Life in the Middle

Life in the sandwich generation is hard. At any given moment, I never know which loved ones need – deserve – more of my time, attention and worry.

Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: Don’t Suffer in Silence

If you or anyone you know is suffering from a perinatal mood and anxiety disorder (PPD/PPA, etc.), please know there is help. You don’t have to suffer in shame or silence. Struggling with a maternal mental health issue does not make you a bad person or parent, and you don’t have to go it alone. […]

A Different Mother

Lately I have been thinking a lot about the fact that my first child and my twins have an exceptionally different mother. I mean, it’s still me – I am all three children’s mother, but many components of my parenting and personality are vastly different this second go-around as compared with the first.  When I […]

When The Bug Strikes

Having a sick child? Sucks. Having two sick children? Sucks x2. Having three sick children? Sucks x a million. Yes, gang, it’s been a rough few weeks in our household.  When one goes down, they all go down. And in my family, they go dooooooooowwwwwwn. Like, a long way. All. The. Way. We don’t just […]