mom confessions Archive

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I’m not sure when my sweet toddler turned into a crazy kid. Now he’s gone from bossing me around to saying No! to everything I asked him to do. His defiance and need for independence is developmentally on track. It’s just so …

None of my children like taking their medicine. No matter how sick or miserable they are, the promise of feeling better never works.  I beg and plead. I bribe. Then I try the guilt trip. It drives me crazy. Sometimes dealing with …

Don’t let that sweet face fool you Yesterday, I realized that I’m not really the boss of me. I have no idea why it’s taken this long to figure out. My toddler is the boss of me. Or at least he thinks …

The past couple of weeks, packages have been arriving fast and furious to our household. Almost all of the packages are Christmas gifts for the kids. My parents joined the 21st century and purchased the kids’ gifts online this year and had …

Lest you think I’m this amazing woman who can juggle a gazillion things at once, I will share a secret. My desk is a mess. The last time I was this vulnerable was when I showed you  my bookcase. So that’s my desk. When …