No one ever told me that parenting a toddler was a full-contact sport. When my son was born, my friends showered me with gifts of cute little onesies, baby bjorns, and stuffed animals galore. Had one them been a parent themselves, I remain certain...

I used to think I was resourceful with money. Today, however, on a shopping trip with two girlfriends, I caught myself wondering if I was just plain cheap. Standing in the outlet for a high-end children's clothing store, I was wincing at the thought...

I am so sick of people peeing all over my house. (And no, we're not talking about my Ex being drunk.) My soon-to-be three year old does this Jekyll and Hyde act. At school, he parades around in a dry diaper all day, politely using the potty whenever...

This blog is slowly morphing into a food blog. I realized that most of my time not blogging is spent cooking or simply thinking about food, so I suppose that writing about it is quite appropriate. Anyway, my new food obsession is making my own...

The price of babysitting is staggering. When I babysat as a teen (barely a decade ago), I remember earning $4 per hour - sometimes $5 if the family was feeling generous. When I first started searching for a sitter for my son just a few years ago, I...