The Bad Kind of Co-Sleeping

I know every parenting book talks about how to sleep train your baby, but for the 2 years that DS3 has been alive I’m finding it impossible to do. While my other kids eventually slept in their beds the entire night, DS3 has never been trained to do so. It’s …

Mitzvah Notes

Kids love being recognized. I think that’s one of the reasons my kids love when I write them mitzvah notes for school. It isn’t the act they did that gets them excited, but the fact that I recognized that they did something helpful and that their teachers and friends will …

One Hour Difference

It’s amazing how much difference an hour can make. Since this past Sunday (when we changed the clocks back one hour) my kids have been waking up an hour earlier than usual. 5:30am is quite different than 6:30am. Especially for those of us who are not morning people. The only …

Rushing Through Life

I feel like my life is always in a rush. I rush in the morning to get dressed and out of the house. I rush to get everyone to school on time. I rush to get to work on time. I rush to do my work so I can leave …

Is Parenting a Job?

Did you see this video that was going around on Mother’s Day? I don’t know about you, but I never thought of parenting as a job… to me it’s a lifestyle. You cannot separate motherhood from your life once you have children.  Of course every now and then a night …