It is no secret that a consistent routine can make for a more pleasant bedtime for the whole family. It is especially useful early on when you are trying to help your baby differentiate day and night. As a teacher of young children, I know from experience that children are typically creatures of habit and often thrive off cues and routines. Early on dressing the baby, bathing her - all that stuff - had my heart racing and me in a full on sweat, as she screamed at the top of h

When I first had Mary Clare I was constantly wondering, “when will I feel like myself again?” At first, it feels like you’ll never do the things you did before, ever again. Like you’ll never go out to dinner or shopping or to the gym again or like I don’t know, ever get drunk again? It seems impossible to leave your tiny human. It takes time to adjust to motherhood, for some more than others. So here's some good news, I do go out to dinner and to the gym and shopping and yes

Early on, I was totally calling bull on that "it goes fast" thing everyone said. I felt like my life was dragging on because as I've shared, motherhood was a brutally difficult adjustment for me. Well, as it turns out "they" were right. It seems as if time is flying by now and Mary Clare changes more each day. She is just 5 months old in a few days, yet she seems like she's so grown up. It's crazy and exciting that it's almost time for her to try solid food. I love food haha,

This new year Rob and I committed to more home cooked meals (read: less take out) and to making meals that are flavorful, delicious and made from whole foods. We really didn't want to go on a typical restrictive, miserable January diet that lasts 4 weeks before going back to our old ways. So I spent some time making a list of our favorite recipes plus I researched a ton of new recipes to try. Rob and I loooove most kinds of Asian food. Chinese, Japanese, Thai, even Laotian -

Last night was the Super Bowl. I'm a long suffering New York Jets fan, so as you can imagine I was not sure who I was rooting for. It was a really exciting game, very fun to watch. Despite their rep for having wild fans, I am a sucker for the underdog...so big congrats Philly! I was planning a different post for today but after last night, I was called to write this. In addition to the exciting football, I was thoroughly entertained by the halftime show. A lot of criticism fo