Category Archives: AllMomDoes

The symptoms have become more familiar to me through the years of my mothering. It usually begins with a generalized malaise, followed by more intense indications. Not all of my children seem to exper...

I have a friend who shall remain nameless (except her name rhymes with Cindy and starts with an M).  We share the same sarcastic sense of humor.  We can get by with saying things to each oth...

Recently, I started working out two mornings at a week. When 4:30am hits, I consistently want to hit snooze but the benefits of getting my workout done for the day before 6am motivates me to crawl out...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I bought my house because of the blueberry bushes in the backyard. A few years ago we began looking for a smaller house.&nb...

What kind of mom are you? You know, the fun mom, the organized mom, the always put together mom? Some days I am the organized mom. Other days I fall into the category of mom who apparently had a torna...

There's nothing quite that moment that you find out you're expecting. From the moment that we find out that we're pregnant, our lives begin to change. Our whole perspective shif...

I’ve been learning a lot about myself lately, and among many other things, one of the most evident things is this: I’m a control freak. I like most things in my life ...

There are so many things you can never be prepared for in parenting. You expect that when you have children you’ll be tired, you’ll change diapers, and you’ll deal with nearly endles...

Did you ever play your parents off each other as a child? Mom says no so you go and ask dad? As a parent, you are probably familiar with this game that you likely attempted to master as a k...

As we sat in the restaurant booth, she was busily coloring, reading on her Kindle, patting her baby doll and feeding her. It was Friday at lunch. The restaurant was bustling with activity, conversatio...