How to Make a Low-Sugar, All-Natural Healthy First Birthday Cake
For Rocco’s first birthday cake, I set out to find a healthier alternative to the ‘smash cake’ tradition. I was overweight…
Mommy Moments
10 Fantastic Boy’s Birthday Ideas
Tomorrow is Rocco’s first birthday. We are keeping it cozy and intimate because we are in the middle of yet…
If Roc Could Talk…Pregnancy Announcement
Sixty-three years ago today, Charles Schwartz introduced the world to the “Peanuts” comic strip. As a child, I lived for…
Babies on a Plane 2: Flying with Infants
A few weeks ago I wrote here about Rocco’s first trip on an airplane. The thought of a four-plus hour…
Experience at Mom and Baby Yoga
Upon arrival at the Center for Living Peace, a soft-spoken woman, who exuded an unquestionable Zen vibe, greeted me. She…
Bringing Babies to Bars, is it Appropriate?
It was our first time in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It was a lovely Saturday in May, a little more than three…
New Moms Comparing Babies
Like most new moms, I’m sometimes insecure about my mothering skills. Therefore, I find myself clinging to child development milestones…
This is What Happens When You Airplane Travel With An Infant For The First Time
“You’ll understand when you have kids.” Before I had a child, I thought this was an all too convenient excuse…
My Baby Won’t Eat Solids
There is no handbook to motherhood. Sure, there are literally tons of books written on child-rearing and the internet is…