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With my first daughter, we never dealt with food allergies. I was very careful about introducing foods that could be possible allergens within her first 2 years, from peanut butter to chocolate to strawberries. I even made special pesto for her that did not contain pine nuts! At the same time, she was a great eater, and we [...]
Although I’m not a Mom, I have an amazing Mom (this first sentence will make her instantly cry, sorry Mom)! I’d like to share my perspective as both a young professional and young adult living away from home throughout college and my young professional career and how I’ve continued to have an amazing relationship with [...]
This year we were thankful for the babies born in 2011. Just look at all these adorable faces! A BIG congrats to 8 of our ANOM writers, (in order) Heather, Keleigh, Melanie, Sarah, Lindsey, Melissa, Valerie and Maria, in the birth of their beautiful babies this year! (You can read a few of their [...]
I think I lost a friend. I don’t know how, but I’m pretty sure she’s not my friend anymore. And, I think she’s not my friend because I have made the decision to put my kids above my career. We all make decisions in life, some big and some small, and we make them everyday. [...]
Our family had an experience a few months ago that changed us. Enough time has passed that I can share. In November, at a doctor’s appointment I had my blood taken. The quick results came back with a problem. Anemia. Anemia is a lack of iron. Iron helps your body take in oxygen. You need [...]
High School. Do you remember those days? Unfortunately, I was reminded of “those days” a couple of weekends ago when watching a movie. Not that I have any great insight to offer or that it really matters in the grand scheme of things, but just for fun, I thought I would briefly talk about my [...]
Every New Years’ Eve, I ask friends for resolution suggestions. This is (a) because I never know what to resolve and (b) I feel like it tells me a little bit about what my friends think of me, and who doesn’t like that? New Years’ Eve 2009, when my youngest child was a month old, [...]
I know some of you will be able to relate or even sympathize with this scenario, and then again some of you won’t agree with my thoughts on the subject. Either way, I’m ok with it. I don’t need sympathy nor assurance, and I know that mothering a child is a very personal thing – [...]
HAVE YOU EVER DISAGREED ON A CHRISTMAS TRADITION? Christmas Eve 5 years ago. Our son was three and a half and we knew that this year he would remember what happened on Christmas. It had to be perfect. It was late and the kids were fast asleep. I sat down to start getting Santa’s gifts [...]
I can’t tell you how blessed I feel that I have been asked to write a guest post for The Village of Moms. You see I am one of the luckiest Mami’s in The Village, because of the “Gift” that I received from another Mom…a Mom I may never meet but who changed my life [...]
I tell people I have 7 children; however, anyone who takes the time to count heads will notice there are not 7 children trailing along behind me. There are 6. I am living every mother’s worst nightmare. In February of 2008, I awoke to my 5th child, Emily, struggling to breath. She had been through [...]
Well, it’s that time again…moving day. YUCK. I do not like moving. I do not like saying good-bye. I do not like packing. It’s a bitter-sweet move, but I believe it’s God’s will for us. It is phenominal and amazing how God orchistrated things in our life to come together as they have to [...]
This is one of those times for me, so I apologize but I am going to have to interrupt the normally scheduled post for the day. My head is just not in the right place to write the scheduled post after my over 2 hour long “conversation” with an airline about an error they made [...]
In the world of “Fitteds and pockets and snappis, oh my!” Maria is “changing the world by changing diapers.” She is mom to two kids who is figuring things out as she goes. She knows quite a bit about cloth diapering and will be giving us lots of tips during the next several days, so [...]
Amber Johnson of The Life and Times of Stella is a mom and writer (and a funny one at that!). Her blog is dedicated to documenting (and chronically worrying about) her daughter’s tube-free eating habits and some other general parenting woes. And all during nap time, of course! Happy Mother’s Day!!! Photo by: JC Olivera I’ve [...]
This “story,” the first of two “mom” posts for Mother’s Day, was often circulated as an email a few years ago and has only recently been resurfacing. Its brilliant author continues to be unknown. A few months ago, when I was picking up the children at school, another mother I knew well rushed up to [...]
Pary Moppins spends her days living in grace trying to run a perfectly practical household with her hubby Engineer and their daughter Diva. What?! Are you kidding me?! I have only met this lady twice in my life! A few weeks ago my Mom had mentioned that I was on Mrs. DooDah’s Lifeline call list as she handed [...]
In honor of my anniversary (today)… My husband and I started dating in late fall of 1997 (almost 13 years ago) and were married just a few feet from that location, with a scenic ocean view at sunset. However, when we FIRST met, there was hardly a future for us. I was working for his [...]
This is an inspiring story from Sarah Kaganovsky…dare ya not to get teary-eyed!! I gave birth on a February afternoon by repeat caesarean. A pink, squalling bundle was handed to me, and I gazed lovingly into eyes that seemed to recognize me. I whispered sweet words of belonging to this girl child of mine, and comforted [...]
If you read my birth story post then you know how much I love my doula. Here is a blog post I recently came across about doulas that I liked. A Doula is like… Bookmark It Hide Sites
Right after my daughter was born, I blogged (on my family blog) on how big 2 year old son looked to me, comparatively. Then one night, right after his shower, he came to the living room in his (too big 3T size) footed pajamas. With his back facing me, he walked away towards the kitchen [...]
I thought I would start this blog on Valentine’s Day with what most recently went on in my life…the birth of our second child. It was an an absolutely beautiful and cold (but not windy) snowy morning. It had already snowed about an inch, and the snow was still falling down so calmly with no [...]
I have never thought of myself as granola. Not even a little bit. I don’t even like to eat granola! I was girlie, a dancer, wore dresses, was never barefoot, loved dressing up, was conservative, etc. The mere thought of granola brought hippie to mind, and I fled at the thought. But as the years have passed [...]
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