Ages + Stages

You’re brand new to this world, and I’m brand new to this — this vulnerability, this all-consuming love. Though you cannot talk, your truths are not hard to find. You shriek your needs without restriction, and I am exhausted...

Weather changing. Spring approaching. Let's get the heck out of STL! The beach? SURE- let's go! Sand. Sun. Family in tow. What could go wrong? Literally everything.   Day 2 was blue Not talking about the sky Mama, my tummy hurts. Vomit all around me. Second round of the bug  Are you kidding me? Someone...

I’ve always loved reading to my daughters. It’s my absolute favorite part of our bedtime routine, second only to the sleep meditation when I inevitably fall asleep, too.      Then came reading with my child. Kindergarten wasn’t so bad. My daughter’s...

  The “kindergarten bubble” is another byproduct of the pandemic that will influence decisions parents of preschool students will make in the coming months. School closures and remote learning— or any long absence from the classroom— caused some parents to...

Back-to-school this fall has been a doozy for sure. We all waited anxiously in July for schools to reveal their plans. One at a time, school districts in my area announced that they would start virtually. My heart sank...

Have you experienced the end of the “having kids” era?     My only pregnancy was not how I expected it. I didn’t expect twins. I didn’t expect an unplanned emergency c-section. I didn’t plan to have my children out of my arms for the...

We’ve all heard it, the terrible twos, threenagers, fierce fours, all about toddlerhood. Every parent is warned about it: two is bad, but just wait until three, it's so much worse. We fear it, the unknown of our cute...

In honor of World Breastfeeding week, we are resharing this post that ran in August, 2021.     I'm four months into nursing my third baby, and I'd love to share with you what I've learned in the past five years of...

Parents pick and choose their battles, and this Mama is not waging a war over screen time!     I’ve read the research. I know the cons. But dang it, I’m a working mom, and sometimes I use the iPad as a...

Discover Sensory bins as a tool to help navigate learning. 2020 is a messy year. One word: Chaos. Our planners went into the trash. Our routines went out the window. With many at home full-time doing virtual learning or at home part-time...