James & Jax

The first thing I do when I get to my job each morning, after logging in to e-mail, is log in to each of my journals’ Twitter accounts. Then I sign into their Facebook pages. And then I read my Google Alerts and any interesting stories I can discuss through these social media outlets. Let [...]

This came to my inbox this morning: When Do Babies Sleep Through the Night? It felt like fate messing with me–like there is someone or something out there who knows exactly what’s going on with me & what I need to hear. Thank goodness, because I’m tired of hearing the wrong things. Last night was [...]

I have some advice to share with you about how to be a happy working momma. I wasn’t always happy about having a full-time job outside my home. In fact, at the end of my maternity leave, I had raging separation anxiety. If my husband hadn’t been unemployed during that time, I probably would not [...]

I do NOT want to write this sentence, but here goes: Jax hasn’t been sleeping well for the past 3 nights. Sigh. You’re probably thinking, that old struggle again? Yep. I’m happy that his sleep has generally improved, and I should expect occasional fits of restlessness at night (I mean, isn’t that normal for most [...]

In my opinion, January is the most depressing month. These January nights can be intimidating to a mom—they can be too cold to bundle up the kids and go out, the darkness starts well before dinner, and then there’s the post-holiday funk in which some of us can find ourselves. February can be just as [...]