My son, like many babies, was jaundiced when he was born. His little liver couldn’t filter out the bilirubins fast enough, and he slowly became so jaundiced that the pediatrician had to order a Bili-Bed to our home for “Kicky Pants” to stay in. He had to wear little goggles to protect his eyes and [...]

Although I work at the best baby store in the nation, when I got pregnant I knew nothing about babies or baby gear. I do mostly data entry for the Lone Star Baby & Kids corporate office, and didn’t have much knowledge about the products I was entering before becoming a mom. The true baby [...]

Last week The Dude turned 2! It is still hard for me to wrap my mind around the fact that 2 years have flown by and my little guy is not a baby anymore. So to celebrate this we decided to go to the splash park this weekend and let him splash till he could [...]

This past weekend my husbands family had a family reunion. Since they live more than 4 hours away (which is my road trip limit) we flew rather than drove. I am not a good traveler and in my perfect world I would stay home and everyone would come to me. So when I do travel [...]

Don’t get me wrong. I love my job. I love what I do. I love the people I work with and I can’t imagine not doing it, but there are times that I wish I wasn’t a working mom. As I’m sure it is with most working moms there are times when you wish you [...]

It happened. The Dude escaped from his crib. And not a week after my husband and I were remarking that we were surprised that he hadnt escaped yet. I’m guessing he must have heard us and took it as a challenge. About 30 minutes after putting him down we heard screaming and when I went [...]

There have been several times over the last 20 months where I have felt like a bad mom.  The first time I left the dude at day care and he screamed as I walked away. The time when he slid out of the chair I had put him in while drawing his bath and fell [...]

When you go to pick up your child at day care and the first thing that his teacher says to you is “did the front desk call you?” you know it is not a good thing. My sweet little child who has never bitten anyone decided to start yesterday and he was off with a [...]

And the tenacity to stick to that plan.  Also, flexibility and a creative mind. And bravery. And humility. These are the five or six keys to every endeavor. Oh, I’m sorry.  Don’t mind me.  I’m just practicing for my son.  That was a bit too Foghorn Leghorn-sounding, maybe…or Monty Python.  But I’ll get better.  Hello…new [...]

Kids are brain suckers. I’m convinced. They are cute little brain sucking monsters. I accepted the fact that when I was pregnant I was going to have “pregnant brain”, but I never imagined that almost 2 years later I would still have “pregnant brain” A couple of examples….. -Between my desk and the hall I [...]