Spit-up On My Shoulder

Dear Readers,
Thank you for coming back again and again to read my posts. I appreciate your support more than you’ll ever know.
My schedule is very packed and, though I love to write these posts, I need to cut back to once a week to allow time for other projects. Look for posts every [...]

Do you have days where you really need to get your emotions out on paper, but don’t know how to start? I love the journaling prompts below from Melissa Gayle West’s book, If Only I Were a Better Mother: Using the Anger, Fear, Despair, and Guilt That Every Mother Feels at Some Time, as [...]

If you’d like to know what’s going on behind closed doors with other moms, then you’ve got to check out True Mom Confessions.
Brutally honest moms telling it like it is about parenting, marriage, fantasies - you name it! Here are some posts to get you started:
“My kids had honey buns and juice for [...]

Do you sometimes feel self-conscious about parenting or your role as a new mom? Martha Beck, one of my favorite writers, wrote in the July issue of O, The Oprah Magazine about tackling those low-confidence moments. She encourages us to say So? when we’re worried about how we’ll look.
Afraid to share [...]

In a recent poll on Fitness Magazine’s website, 65% of respondents answered that they would rather be 5 pounds lighter than 5 years younger. I cannot wrap my brain around this one. 5 pounds compared to 5 years of life? What?
As I’ve said before, this country really needs to get [...]

Did you know that every two minutes you spend in the shower uses as much water as someone in Africa uses in a whole day? This statistic really made me think about imbalances in the world and also about how wasteful I’ve been with water.
I hope you will join me in cutting [...]

Is there anywhere safe? I love sports and read the Sports section of my paper every day. I was angry yesterday to find that even the Sports section isn’t immune to new mom judgment.
Lindsay Davenport, a professional tennis player, played doubles in a match this last weekend with her doctor’s approval. Six weeks [...]

It’s my birthday, so hubby and I are going on a date tonight. Yea! Date nights are so important to a relationship, but I sure remember how hard it was to fit them in when we had a baby in the house.
Here is some information about a recent survey on new moms and [...]

It can be hard to accept the cosmetic changes in our bodies after delivering a baby. Stretch marks, c-section scars, poochy tummies, and droopy breasts happen. I’ve never had a c-section, but I definitely have the other three!
Previously I’ve written posts on how we can learn to love our unique, imperfect bodies. [...]

It’s Independence Day, but do you feel free to be the parent you dreamed of? There is so much judgment of parents in this country (particularly brand new ones.) Why is that?
I remember being shocked after Danielle was born about how quickly people were ready to criticize or question what I [...]