Before my husband and I had children, my generous mother took us on a trip to Disneyland Paris. We live near London, so it was a simple train ride on the EuroStar to Disney. We …

I am not a fan of being completely honest and transparent with my children about everything, all of the time. While I’m aware that my propensity to fill them with half-truths (and occasionally full-on lies) …

Five years ago, when I was newly pregnant, I had assumed that the progeny that I was gestating was human.
When she arrived, I was fairly sure she was at least MOSTLY human – maybe part …

Occasionally, innocent bystanders are sucked into ill-advised conversations with me. From time to time, they will even try to get a word in edgewise.  Risking being trapped in a never-ending loop of animated hand swinging …

My husband has a long commute to work each day, so even though he works a normal 8 hour shift, he is usually out of the house for 12 hours or more. This is hard …

Earlier this morning, the kids and I went to a play-date down the street. After a few too many coffees, the discussion turned to one of the less celebrated milestones of a mother’s parenting career: …

I don’t really consider myself a highly sentimental person. I’m not wistful for those days when my kids were younger; I don’t yearn for the good old days of my own youth; heck, I barely …

I’m not a big fan of being pregnant.
At all.
I keep running into people who say they loved every second of it, and I can’t help but wonder if they are:
a) liars
b) deluded and forgot what …

Several years ago, I was a part of a mommy/baby running club. We would meet several times a week to trail run with our tots in strollers, and reward ourselves with a massive coffee infusion …

This may surprise you, but parenting isn’t always easy. I know, right? According to all those tv shows and movies we watch, children are generally charming smart alecs that possess wisdom beyond their years and …