Parenting Wisdom

Road trips with a baby can be a daunting idea. When my husband and I decided to take a two month cross-country road trip with our then 7-month-old, I wondered if we were crazy. For us, it turned out...

It had been my goal for a while to write about being a “working mom” for this blog. I use quotes because, of course, the phrase “working mom” is redundant. What Mom doesn’t work - either as a stay-at-home...

T.G.I.F. We have all heard it. We have all said it. Famous musicians have sung about it. There is a restaurant named after it. And even a popular TV lineup of the same name on ABC from 1988-2000. Culturally, we...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. THERE IS A STORM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD! In our son's favorite episode of Daniel Tiger, the learning lesson song is, "Take a grown-up’s hand, follow the plan, and you’ll be safe.”   We recently had...

There are parenting moments that are difficult to get through and others that are so precious that you wish you could freeze time. Unfortunately, I haven’t found a way to do that yet, but I have found some ways...

I'm sure you've read about, or at least seen the headlines, promoting simple childhoods and minimal toy rooms. I always liked the idea of this, but experienced the benefits for myself a few years ago. Right before Christmas, I...

Screen time: Parents-to-be swear that they will never use it and parents of small children battle with a way to balance it. A quick google search will give you to an unlimited number of articles talking about guidelines to...

Childcare in the DC area is hard. Daycares have waitlists. Nanny-shares and home-based care have their own complications. And in this region none of them are cheap.  This is not a post about what to look for in a...

Hand-me-downs have been a lifesaver for our big family. With now 10 kids we LIVE off of hand-me-downs, no exaggeration! We are really lucky to have a large circle of friends and neighbors that pass on their kids’ clothing,...

I belong to a book club. Because it is DC, I belong to a wonky book group with a focus on urban issues and DC history. The group will decide on some non-fiction book and give ourselves a couple...

Books have helped me survive some of the tough days of early motherhood (I have a 1 and 2 year old). Yet when I recommend favorite reads to other moms they often respond “oh, I don’t have time!” At...

The 4th of July is such a fun holiday, especially here in our nation’s capital. There are countless ways to celebrate America’s 243rd birthday in our greater DC community. We have pulled together a list of some of our...

It is STILL difficult for me to find that “perfect” time to exercise even though my son is now a toddler. I still remember those early days when he ate, slept, peed and pooped on a completely unpredictable schedule...

Before I became pregnant with my first child I went to my gynecologist with a long list of pre-pregnancy questions. One was, “Can I have ibuprofen as needed”? As part of his response he told me about a great...