Unless you are one of the lucky ones, it can seem damned near impossible to get a baby to sleep through the night. After gallons of tears and coffee, it can still feel like sleep is unattainable. No matter how you go about doing it, sleep is a struggle with babies. As for me, I…
Parenting
Zzzonked – 5 Tips to Get Through the Sleepless Nights
One of my favourite parts of each day is that moment at the end when I am just about ready to call it a night. The chores are as done as they will ever be and the lights have been switched off. The last to go to bed, I very quietly head down the hall…
We Do / Me: Gift Suggestion and Giveaway
(From PaperSalt’s “We Do” book) If you have even reading my blog for a while, you might know that I have a teenaged sister. I write about her less than my other sister because this is primarily a blog about motherhood, and my baby sister Molly isn’t a Mom like Amy and I are (Praise…
Looking Behind
My baby woke me up at 6am on Sunday. This wasn’t shocking. His sleeps have hardly been long over the past few weeks. Sometimes, he even graces me with his presence hourly. The difference between this morning and every other morning was that my baby woke me up right before my alarm was set to…
Not My Finest Hour
Naptime. If you’re a parent – especially if you’re a stay-at-home parent – you know all about it. Naptime is a brief sanctuary of time that provides much needed minutes of solitude and silence. Although the kids don’t realize it, we all need this restful reprieve from each other. It gives each of us a much needed time…
Roar
It was really cute when Cameron started to make animal sounds. He first learned duck. “What does a duck say, Cameron?”: “Cack. Cack. Cack.” Soon his animal repertoire expanded and he could tell you what all the animals on Old MacDonad’s farm sound like. His favourite animal sound was lion. Or dragon. Or dinosaur. Or…
Least Favourite
It was Sunday morning and we were on our way to church. I was in the driver’s seat and my two babies were sitting peacefully in their carseats behind me, watching the word zip by outside the windows. As I pulled up to a red light, I took a peek at each of my boys…
Did You Win, Mama?
I remember the first time I realized I really couldn’t do anything I wanted, despite all my best intentions. I was in Grade Eight, my final year of Middle School, and I decided it was time for me to play a sport. Specifically, I would try out for soccer. Let me preamble this by saying…
Family First
“Cameron! Now!” “Cameron! If you do not put down that phone and do what I asked you NOW, you will have a time out!” “Alright. Time out. Now!” My toddler boy had just, absentmindedly, caused his wooden toddler chair to fall onto his baby brother. Gavin wasn’t hurt or in any danger, so I thought…
The Sleep Lies
If you have a Mom friend or two (or a million) on Facebook, you have probably seen a status update like this, or something similar, before: O-M-G! My baby just SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!! Best baby ever! If you’re a Mom with a baby, you’re going to feel hate. If you’re childless, you will wonder…
When Will I Learn?
“We’re pregnant again” she told me. Oh bliss! Oh joy! Oh the wonderful blessing of new life! When are you due? She told me, and then “but I will probably have the baby sooner because of the scheduled C-section.” What?! You don’t want to try for a VBAC? You know if you do, you should…
