While many quick to think parents tackle the feat of sleep training their baby when they’re a few months old, we had the awesome idea of waiting until our baby...

Once upon a time, within the span of a month, my life changed. An abridged version of the story fits easily into haiku: Had my first baby. Quit my job....

I can’t believe it’s been almost exactly one full year since I last talked about my brother Noah on Twin Cities Family, A Child’s Perception of Life Behind Walls. What’s...

It isn’t enough that we obsessively show and tell our children we love them. We also have to teach them to love themselves; to believe they are worthy and to...

It was the end of the bedtime marathon and I was ready to take my victory lap. My youngest was asleep, or nearly so, in his room. I’d changed his...

  What will life look like in 20 years? I don’t have a crystal ball, but I highly suspect that these facts will be true: I’ll find my current wardrobe...

Germs. The arch-nemesis of mom’s everywhere. I have four kids – all of whom are home sick from school today. Fevers, body aches, sore throats, coughing fits, and low energy...

It’s February 14th friends! This day either makes you smile and wanna walk around and hug everyone. Or you are on the other side of the spectrum and you would...

You’re at the store/restaurant/park/cousin’s wedding. Your child melts down over (insert any reason here). You look up and see the faces of what feels like a hundred people judging every...

  {Photo Credit: Whims and Joy Photography} As a parent, you want to do right by your kids….Be there for them…Stand up for them…protect them… It seems like every day, I...

The freezing wind whips tiny ice chunks against your face as you carefully make the perilous journey from your car to the entrance of the house. You stumble inside and...

I knew my husband had an autoimmune disease before we got married. When we said “until death do you part” for our vows, I knew that also meant for his...

It was a cloudy day. I think it started out that way, but I’m not exactly sure. The sun wasn’t yet up when the kids woke in the morning, and...