Spit-up On My Shoulder

I love this list from Rick and Jan Hanson’s website, Nurture Mom, of ways dads can help mom out. Feel free to forward it to the dads in your life!
Top Ten list (in no particular order) of What Dad Can Do For Mom addressed to the father. Hopefully some of these suggestions will […]

I found a great essay by about dealing with the “sex after baby” issue. Not always, but usually, men and women are at very different places about when to resume sexual intimacy after they become parents. It can lead to conflict between you and your partner, which is the last thing you need […]

Thank you once again to my buddies, Rick and Jan Hanson, co-authors of Mother Nurture, for letting me share tips from their newsletter.
Have you found that you and your partner fight more since becoming parents? Join the club! Exhaustion, the stress of being on-call 24 hours a day, teething, colds, breastfeeding […]

I hope you enjoy this essay I wrote when my girls were five and two. I still think I’m catching up on sleep from those years!
NIGHTUS INTERRUPTUS
No matter how old your kids are, every so often you will still get slammed with a sleepless night. Invariably these nights are the result […]

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 […]

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 […]

Dear Blog Readers,
I just finished teaching math at a local community college for the semester. It sure feels good to turn in my final grades.
I now will be focusing more energy on writing projects because I’ve decided not to teach math in the summer or fall. I’m looking forward to […]

Thank you to everyone who came to my writing presentation on April 24th at the Davis Public Library. We had a great crowd and lots of interesting discussions about magazine and book writing. I really enjoy speaking engagements like this one where I get a chance to help out new writers so they […]

I have an idea brewing in my head for my next book and I would love to know your thoughts on the topic.
I’m thinking about writing a book about women who have indifferent or detached mothers. Following are some questions for your consideration about the book’s subject matter.
Do you feel your mother […]