There’s a little secret that some cloth diaper users don’t always choose to tell you. We don’t cloth diaper exclusively. Sure, we love the financial savings that cloth diapers afford, and we love knowing the materials that are sitting so close to our children’s sensitive skin, and we love knowing that we aren’t filling our…
Childhood
Dear Gavin: Happy Birthday. It’s Not Fair.
Dear Gavin, This letter is late. You turned one a week and a half ago on April 29th. Whereas I wrote a whole series of posts for your brother’s first birthday, I haven’t written anything for you yet. Until now, that is. Part of me worries about this. I wrestle daily with the guilt that…
Diaper Daycare
Editor’s Note: So much has happened this month. I started work, my baby nephew was born, my own baby turned one, and we decided to start the process of buying our first home. Needless to say, my blog has taken a bit of a back seat. I hope to find more time soon, but at the…
Leaving the Nest
I started work on Monday after 1 year, 1 month, and 2 weeks of finding vocational purpose and fulfillment inside the home. No matter how much you love work (which I do), or appreciate the merits of daycare (which I do), or desire to get out of the house (which I often do), returning to…
Easter Confusion
He chuckled as he pulled the door closed behind him. We had gone into that bedroom far too many times since bedtime, so a chuckle was an odd noise for me to hear. I wouldn’t have bat an eye at a sigh or a grumble in frustration. But a chuckle in the midst of the…
Let There Be ‘Ogurt
“I want a treat! I want a snack!” Oh, the soundtrack of toddlerhood. I swear there are days when I want to yell “BUT YOU JUST ATE!” or “TREATS ARE NOT GOOD FOR YOU!” or “IT IS ALMOST DINNER TIME!”. Trying to raise a healthy child can sometimes feel like an impossible task when they…
Stripping: A Guide for Cloth Diapers
If you have been a cloth diaper user for any amount of time, you know that no matter how diligent you are at prepping them and keeping them clean and using the right detergent, they eventually start to turn… sour. They can start to stink even after coming out of the wash, and they no…
Everything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (Update)
Mademoiselle Cockburn. Before my first day of school, I knew nothing about my kindergarten teacher except her name. Mademoiselle Cockburn was a monster. She wasn’t a monster in real life. But she was the monster that haunted me every day during that sixth summer of my life. And she got bigger as June turned into…
Cameron at 3: An Interview
Sometimes things happen in our lives and we feel as though we will remember them forever. I am like this with my kids. We go through each milestone and it moves my life so much that I know I will always be able to remember every detail. Unfortunately, like most things in this life, I…
Dear Cameron: A Love Letter to a 3 Year Old
{Written yesterday, on Cameron’s third birthday} Three. I feel like we have been on the precipice of three for a long time now, you and me. You have always been “almost 3” but never ever 3, it seemed. Until today. Today we woke up together and you were three and I was a Mom to…
Poop Happens
You’re probably grossed out by poop. Right? Or maybe not. Maybe you’re a parent, a caregiver, a pet owner, or a medical professional. Maybe poop is such a part of your daily life that you have to remind yourself not to talk about the consistency and colour of your child’s diaper. Maybe poop has lost…
