I am always struck by how handsome he is — his crooked grin, his eyes that seem to change colour depending on the light, his beard trimmed to that perfect length that makes him look professional at work with still that hint of ruggedness, the few gray hairs that are appearing in his hair, the […]

Today Mother Nature has decided to dump another round of snow and ice on our little town — yay Canadian winter. So today is a hunker down inside, play with Thomas trains, walk around leaking breastmilk from your tatas, watch Duck Dynasty, make play doh castles, nap and play the sh*t or fart game kind […]

So today was Chaos’ swimming lessons at the local pool. The morning was filled with toddler meltdowns of epic proportions — so I was apprehensive about actually taking her to the pool — but despite my idle threats of “never taking her to a single swim lesson again” the “good Mom” part of me won […]

So my infant daughter has not slept for longer than two to three hours at a stretch in the past two months. Actually, that’s a lie…she slept five hours at a stretch once which was probably worse than if she had never done it at all because it gave us a sense of false hope. So […]

So today I got some “me” time…an hour and a half between nursing sessions to bolt to the nearest Old Navy and pick myself up pants that are not yoga pants. The exciting thing is that at six weeks post partum I was back to my pre-pregnancy weight…the bad news is that my body is […]

I have come to the conclusion that negotiating with a toddler is a lot like negotiating with a terrorist…they’re unpredictable, they usually win, they have unrealistic expectations, they are demanding, they expect instant results on impossibly short deadlines…yes, my toddler is a terrorist and her reign of terror includes two metres around her at all […]

So my husband was out and about the other day and saw a flyer posted to our mailbox: “Hi! I am a Mom of 2 on Mat Leave looking to start a playgroup with other Mom’s and kids in the neighbourhood. If you are at home and want to hang out a couple of days […]

So this time around (and by “this time around” I mean having two children under two…or two children with one being slightly over two…meh) the most difficult part is not dealing with my infant but my toddler. These are some of the new and crazy things she has started to do or continued to do: […]

Breastfeeding is easy the second time around. I am a seasoned pro having nursed my oldest daughter until she was fourteen months old. I have nipples as tough as a rhino’s — rhino’s have tough nipples right? Easy! NOT! The naivety with which I went into nursing my second daughter was kind of ridiculous. It […]