Playlist: for when you need a pick-me-up
From our April Survival Mode series, here’s a playlist you can turn to whenever you need a pick-me -up! Music is a gift that enriches our lives so much. In motherhood, it can serve as…
Pregnancy flipped around my ‘too passive’ personality
Growing up, I don’t think most people would have described me as bold. I have always been an extrovert by nature, but also a “go-with-the flow” kinda gal. I often did what was expected of…
Motherhood in a quarantine can be lonely. Here’s how I’m moving forward
Photo by: Red Fern Photography When my first son was a year old, we moved from our Brooklyn apartment to New Jersey. Life in New York City had been tough. It was exhausting and mentally…
I had postpartum anxiety and didn’t know it
photo by: @bloomlightphotography When my first son was born, I had a lot of self-doubt. Being a parent was completely new for me, and I felt constant pressure to be a perfect mother. I often…
Survival mode series: organization
For other articles in our Survival Mode Series, click here. This month’s collection of tips center around organization. Physically organizing messy parts of our homes, or streamlining parts of the day that are particularly stressful,…
The comprehensive list of quarantine resources for kids
We’re now all spending more time at home than ever before, so our editors wanted to share some resources from around the web that can help us spend this time with our kids at home…
We should all talk to the moms we disagree with
Have you heard of “Mommy Wars?” It’s that epithet used to describe moms criticizing one another for their parenting choices. The internet is rife with this type of behavior, and it can be pretty terrible. …
Potty training triplets: how we survived
My daughter was two and a half weeks old when we started potty training our triplets. On the surface, this might seem like the absolute worst time to potty train. I mean seriously, who takes…
How to share the mental workload of motherhood
I NEED TO ESCAPE MY LIFE. I literally said this the other day in a huff as I ran past my mom while gathering water bottles, snacks, shoes, sunscreen, hats, a check to deposit at…
Anxiety in motherhood is real: here’s how I overcome it
I wondered for a long time why motherhood felt so difficult for me. More often than not, I felt as though each day I was entering a boxing ring, me in one corner and my…
Flooring Renovation: Asbestos Removal and Choosing the Perfect Floor Stain
We finally completed the renovation of our first-floor flooring, and like most renovations, it was a bit more involved than we initially hoped for. When we bought the house three years ago, we knew the…
Roses are red: 8 beautiful shades of a paint color you might not realize you love
Lots of us love blues, greens, whites, and greys. And if neutrals are more your thing, you might think you need to stay far away from a color like red. But we think it’s worth…
