By: Brandy Black “Shit, why did I wear a dress today?” I said to one of my colleagues right before I asked her to step out of our meeting into the hallway and unzip me. I raced to the bathroom with a sweater wrapped around my bare back, stepped out of my dress and hung […]
By: Holly Vanderhaar Many moms—especially single moms—in my circle will list Anne Lamott among their favorite parenting authors. Not because she gives parenting advice, per se, but her memoir Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year has saved many a new mom’s sanity. She gave me the courage to become a writer myself, […]
By: Brandy Black We have reached 8 weeks with twins and I’m learning a very important lesson. One that I don’t think I mastered with Sophia and to be perfectly honest I don’t think I will ever quite wrap my head around. And that is sometimes you have to accept it when a baby is […]
By: Brandy Black It took one night in the hospital for me to realize that I had to feed the twins at the same time. During pregnancy I swore I didn’t have it in me to nurse two babies at once; it sounded difficult and I wasn’t interested in being a milking factory. But after […]
By: Brandy Black The babies were scheduled to arrive on December 21st based on the doctor’s orders. This would have been past full term for twins. I wanted them to pick their birthday. On December 6th I had contractions that started at 8 minutes apart and went down to 3 minutes for a good 2-3 […]
By: Brandy Black I made it to 34 weeks. Hooray! I’m too exhausted to write a whole lot so I give you a picture of the two kids in the belly and the one that keeps me busy each day. Quick updates: Due date: 12/21 Babies: 5 pounds each Mama: tired and hoping that the […]
By: Holly Vanderhaar “Why are we here, again?” This is the question I found myself answering —over and over again— when my daughters and I attended the 30th Anniversary Celebration of Single Mothers by Choice. I had of course told them that the celebration was the main reason for our trip to New York —their […]
By: Kacie Bernstein We took the plunge this past weekend and took our first family vacation (just the four of us) to San Diego. I couldn’t wait to see their eyes light up at their first glimpse of Shamu, excited to see if they would actually feed the sea lions. I was so happy as […]
By: Kacie Bernstein I finally did it. I took my kids to the park alone! My husband and mom have no issues taking them alone, but for me, well it just gives me way too much anxiety. There is a sweet little park down the street from our house; it is completely gated and my […]
By: Kacie Bernstein I won’t lie…it’s been one of those weeks. One toddler is challenging, but two, well it’s enough to make you want to lock yourself in the bathroom…oh wait, I did! At times this week I have wanted to run away, just for a couple hours of course, or maybe just one night […]
