You know, motherhood is both the most rewarding and most challenging job I've ever had (and I've worked in call centres, McDonald's and a junior high school, so that's saying a lot!) You see, ever since I was a little girl, I always knew that whatever else might come my way, I wanted to be a mother. … [Read more...]
Confession Time!
There's that old saying "I was the perfect parent...until I had kids."We all know her right? The mother we just knew we were going to be? We had the perfect (lol) birth plan. The baby was going to be on a schedule. We were going to breastfeed (but our baby would know how to drink … [Read more...]
Living Well Giveaway: She Did WHAT?
Living Well is doing a big Mom Moments giveaway. I was asked to share my Mom Moment here, and give all my Canadian readers a chance to win $5,000. The topic this week is children misbehaving-- public meltdowns, embarrassing comments, just some behavior not befitting our awesome mothering. … [Read more...]
Can You Die of Embarrassment?
As mothers, we've all had the experience of having our child humiliate us in public. The stories become family folklore, and I have passed down to my own children the story of the time that their aunt, then my three year old little sister, was watching my swimming lesson from the pool gallery, and … [Read more...]