Reasons my Toddler Has Hated Me This Week

We are only a week into the “Treacherous Threes,” as my 10 year old step-daughter calls it, but I am already feeling the shift from what I thought was the “Worst it can get 2’s” to “It will get worse 3’s.” Talk about walking on eggshells, I can’t do anything without totally ticking Arabella off…

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On Baby Turning One

My sweet little girl turns 1, one week from today. ONE! How is this possible?  It feels like I just found out I was pregnant.  The feelings are all too real – there I am standing in the bathroom wondering if what I’m seeing is real.  Am I really pregnant? I feel like I’m going…

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Where Did my “Good Baby” Go?

“What a good baby!” If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard that, while we are out in public, I would be rich…literally.  I always looked at these exclaiming strangers like they had three heads.  “She’s just sleeping…” I would think innocently in my head. I would smile and nod politely but I…

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