by Amy | May 26, 2015 | List, My Family, Parenthood, Siblings
I knew my life would change forever when I brought home baby #2—I just never could have guessed the crazy things that would come out of my mouth. 1. “Don’t step on your sister!” – While I believe that my 4-year-old intends to be loving and gentle towards her baby...
by Amy | May 6, 2015 | My Family, Parenthood, Shopping, Sponsored
When I was pregnant with my second baby, I got a lot of helpful advice about how to manage two kids. One thing that kept coming up was the importance of baby wearing. Everyone said I’d need my hands free for playing with my 4-year-old, especially if I was brave...
by Amy | Aug 7, 2014 | List, My Family, Parenthood
One more post for World Breastfeeding Week. Before having a baby, the only thing I knew about breastfeeding was that your boobs get ginormous. As a former member of the Itty Bitty Titty Committee, I was looking forward to that — and my D-cup milk jugs did not...
by Amy | May 16, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
I was due to write a new post for Circle of Moms, and I still had my brother and sister-in-law, imminent parents to be, on my mind. So I wrote this. Of course you want to bond with your new baby and stimulate her rapidly developing brain, but how do you play with...
by Amy | Aug 6, 2012 | List, My Family, Parenthood
Dave had to work on Sunday so I hung out with my friend Lisa and her 7-week-old son. Truth was, I needed a reprieve from being alone with my 19-month-old, who has an overabundance of emotions these days and had just expressed herself by (A) dumping an ice cold glass...