Perspectives in Parenting

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When my husband and I were first married, I was the one who was the breadwinner. This seemed to suit us well, as Drew was more of a homebody, and I was the social butterfly who loved her job....

I didn’t choose to co-sleep. It chose me. Honestly, I had no intention to co-sleep. Those who know me certainly gather I’m a worrier and I like to play it safe. But here I was co-sleeping with my son just...

If you are anything like me, your education did zero to prepare you for motherhood. From kindergarten through college, I was graded on a strict, practical scale: A+ for exceptional test scores down through F for failing (not me,...

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With the birth of my son, I don't feel the anxiety I felt with my oldest when it comes to letting other people care for my children. Evan was probably five months old when we left him with a...

As a mom of a three-year-old and a newly turned five-year-old, you'd think I'd be accustomed to not getting my way and for my plans not going the way I envision them going. But every now and then my...

I am not what you would call a "graceful" pregnant lady. You know those ladies, right? The ones who seem to glide through pregnancy without a care in the world claiming to actually have more energy now and look...

From the time we are very small, we all dream of what we will be when we grow up. In my 30s, I still find myself figuring a lot of things out about my life but I know for...

  The day we went to the hospital to be induced, my husband drove around Mt Pleasant like a mad man trying to find someone that would do a car seat check. This was our first baby and that car...