I’ve been knitting. It’s such a weird hobby to pick up when you have two 18-month olds in the dead of summer. The knitting isn’t the point though, it’s what the knitting has revealed that’s a problem. I will be 35 years old on Friday, and I am pretty sure I have arthritis. When my …
There’s this interesting part of having kids who were not supposed to be ok but ended up being ok that I didn’t expect… When your kids are ok, no one weighs in on how to best take care of them. My ex-micro-preemies have nearly a clean bill of health. We only see a couple of …
My friend Laura, yes we are both called Laura, asked me if I had any more recipes to share. She’s been using my Banana Coconut Porridge recipe and was looking for dinner and lunch recipes that work for parents and babies. I was kind of surprised when she asked me for more recipes, the internet is full …
Do you ever get really distracted and find yourself 20 steps removed from what you were trying to do? My number one distraction is researching the answer to every question that occurs to me throughout the day. I will be in the middle of making dinner and wonder how to make sourdough bread from scratch. …
My kids started refusing their food in favor of mine this week. They crawl up to me begging for daal and farro, and I wonder why I bother making them their own food in their own special plates—no, but seriously, why am I making them their own food in special plates? In my research, I …
On Grey’s Anatomy, complex babies are often born to world-renowned doctors with a circle of world-renowned doctor friends. In the real world, complex babies are born to teenagers and people like me with marketing degrees who have never had a health concern. My kids were born with everything stacked against them, and here I am …