When you have a newborn or a nursing baby, you generally fall into a sleep pattern. While it can still be painful to wake up multiple times a night, especially when baby decides to tweak the schedule, your body learns to cope. Once the kids move out of that stage and you … [Read more...]
Motherhood: This is Not a Competition
I wasn't at the bottom of the Upchurch mother totem pole; I wasn't even on the pole. I could barely see the pole. If one woman announced that she was using recycled-paper diapers, the mother next to her was using cloth, and the woman next to her was using cloth diapers she'd … [Read more...]
Pour Your Heart Out: Simultaneously Over and Under Committed
I took a long look at myself recently: my commitments, my desires, my expectations, and how I use my time. While I'd imagined myself to be so productive and satisfied, in reality things weren't so rosy. In truth, I'd over committed myself to many things of minor importance and … [Read more...]
The Mommyologist’s Sexy Mom Prom
Clothes used to be a bit of an obsession for me. I loved shopping at Ross, seeking out sales, and searching through my overcrowded closet to select an outfit each day. While I may not have been the prettiest or thinnest woman in the room, I felt like I had a definitive sense of … [Read more...]
Because I Said So
Yesterday, my Ella felt especially contradictory. If I said find your sandals, she wanted tennis shoes. If I said time for breakfast, she insisted it was lunch. When I asked her to stop teasing her brother so he would finish eating, she persistently asked, "Why?" after every … [Read more...]
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