Small Wonders–Appreciating the Ordinary
My husband is currently on 15 weeks of “parental leave.” (In Canada, mothers are entitled to 15 weeks of maternity leave. Then 35 weeks of parental leave is typically also taken […]
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Welcome to the World, Machrie Blaine!
Baby #2 has arrived! One week ahead of schedule on October 1st, right before his big sister’s birthday weekend when I really, really didn’t want to have a baby, he […]
Survival Mode in the Winter Sickness Sinkhole
We’ve been sick for weeks now. It’s time to give myself a break and just SURVIVE until Spring is here!
Rebranding the “Terrible Twos”
Two-year-olds suffer from an image problem. “Has she hit her ‘terrible twos’ yet?” I’ve heard it a number of times now that I’m the mom of a two-and-a-half-year-old—from other moms of […]
Feature Friday: Let Them Play!
“The Overprotected Kid” by Hanna Rosin, appeared in The Atlantic in April, but I thought it was worth a share still. While it’s aimed at parents, I think there are some interesting […]
the self-styled life 