The passing of time feels so different with the second baby. Becoming a mother for the first time was life altering. Time slowed as we navigated uncharted waters, together. Every stage of the journey held the intensity of unfamiliarity and the exhilaration of...
Do you know what I had for lunch today? Hot dogs. Mac and Cheese. Graham crackers. Half a cheese stick. And two brownies. Not necessarily by choice, but by default. It’s a story that plays out over and over again, and it goes a little something like this: 1) Wake up...
Sometimes the weight of the world feels unbearable when you have kids. I used to start my day off with a cup of coffee and the news. Now, too often the headlines of the day come out fighting, pummeling us with a new death, terror, tragedy, fear, hatred. I just...
I’ll never forget one particular moment after my second child was born. I was admittedly in survival mode – just trying to get through each day as I figured out life with two kids. See, when I had my first baby, I had a lot of expectations for myself and...
My cousin had a baby last night. And every time someone I care deeply about has her first child, there are so many things I want to share, say, ask, do. I want to hear every detail… because I want to know how she feels and what she experienced, but also because...
The secret’s out. It turns out you might still have some “issues” with leakage after the baby comes out. For quite some time. Hopefully not forever. BUT – there is hope. This is one of the issues that drove me to make this series in the first...
There’s something slightly unsettling about watching yourself on live TV, 6 months postpartum, talking about getting your stomach back in shape. Yikes. We are all in this together, mamas! #reallife...
So tomorrow is Mother’s Day. There’s a small part of me that wants to spend the day doing things that I don’t get to do much anymore: sleeping in, showering uninterrupted, going out for an adult dinner, napping, killing time with a few magazines. But...
It’s been one year since we filmed the first video interviews that would become The Mama Sagas. One year. When I think about that fact, I am at once shocked that a year has gone by so fast, and amazed at the ways my life has changed since then. In that year, I...
