Soggy Mom

Today is the day I forgive myself for the homebirth and actually give myself a little stinking credit. For 10 years I've been saying it ...

Or:  The Great Child Labor Exploitation Experiment “Mommy! I fed the chickens!” I startled awake. What did he do? What did my 5 ye...

“Mommy, how do you spell ‘red eyes?’” Parker asks, coming out from behind the WiiU. I spell it outloud for him and then he asks me t...

My concept of parenting, before I had kids, was a lot of screaming at them not to do stuff. Don't fight. Don't hit your brother! Sto...

Dear Ms. Avila, I am your constituent at xxxxx, Raleigh NC and I attempted a home birth in Virginia when I lived there 2 years ago. I was ...

I looked out my window at my empty bird feeder as I was feeding my baby this morning.  No birds.  No birdseed, no birds.  My once teeming an...

I guess its a sign of the times when you get all emotionally fraught about leaving a Facebook group... but I do.  And I always feel so weird...