I walked into the bathroom and sighed in frustration as I saw that the toilet paper roll was, once again, empty. Feeling overwhelmed, I got up and walked to the hallway closet where the extra rolls are kept, and replaced the roll. As I marched back out into the hallway, I called my three children to attention and lectured them
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After my daughter was born, I didn’t think I’d have any more children. Despite my best-laid plans, reading “What To Expect When You’re Expecting,” and scouring mom message boards, my postpartum experience with my eldest was bewildering. I lived hours from any family and barely knew anyone where we lived for my job. We had no “village;” it was just
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By the time my husband gets home from work, I have worked a full day at my full-time work-from-home job while also taking care of my 11-month-old and five-year-old. By 5pm every day it looks like a tornado ripped through the house and I am overstimulated to the point that I have, on occasion, stuck my face under ice cold
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If you’ve been on TikTok recently, you have probably heard about Lucky Girl Syndrome. The concept is this: by saying that you are always lucky, or that everything always works out for you, things will start always working out for you. In other words, you manifest the good luck in your life. Now, I’m new to the manifestation world, so
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A How-To Guide for Moms, Holiday Edition I find myself walking the tightrope this holiday season. On one side of the tightrope is stress: I am stretched thin. My wallet, and calendar, are stretched thin. We are dodging the flu, RSV, and HFM left and right. Sometimes I just want this season to be over so we can all go
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And how the formula shortage, the amoxicillin shortage, and the Pitocin shortage specifically impact US mothers. In September, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration reported that Pitocin was in shortage due to manufacturing delays at one of the two suppliers. But before we get into the implications of a Pitocin shortage, what is Pitocin? Pitocin is most known for being
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1- Running teaches me perseverance You know the phrase, “Never quit on a bad day”? In running, I always tell myself to never stop on an uphill. Running has taught me to work through the tough moments, to not quit when things get hard. That lesson translates into parenthood pretty easily. In the moments when I want to snap, when
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I’ll never forget the first time I got a truly negative, punch-in-the-gut comment on a parenting article I wrote. “I feel really sorry for your son.” Other writers who share their parenting experiences online have gotten much worse than that, but…dang. The internet can be a rough place for parents. That constant influx of information and opinions (and, with those,
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I have depression—moderate depression with a side of crippling anxiety, if you want to get specific. I was first diagnosed when I was 23, although I suspect it began much earlier than that. It was only after experiencing panic attacks, heart palpitations, chronic insomnia, and regular and profound “low” periods that I sought medical treatment. I started taking anti-depressants and
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