One of the many things nobody warned me about parenting is how much time I would spend standing around doing nothing while watching my...

Over the past few months Mikey has gotten much more engaged in independent play, which has my husband and I feeling two ways: guilty...

So, here’s something to add to my Mother of the Year application: I unintentionally handed out tobacco paraphernalia to about 44 5-year...

Recently, a 15-minute pediatric dentist visit took about 4 years off my life. The dentist… The. Dentist… where teeth go to shine but...

I was sitting in a coffee shop recently when a man came in with what I assume was his son. He was a bigger guy – tall and broad. The boy...

In all our combined 78 years on this earth, my husband and I have never been as continually physically ill as we have been this past four...

We recently attended a baptism for my nephew. The drama began before we even left the house, attempting to get Mikey to wear something...

Christmas was wonderful. It was full of family and food and presents, and a spoiled 4 ½-year-old… as it should be. A truly magical time....

A few weeks ago my husband, Mike, took the 4 ½-year-old with him to run some errands in the Danbury area and they stopped at McDonald’s...

The days following Daylight Savings are the longest in all of eternity. Better parents ease their children into it. They start four...

Mikey was Michelangelo for Halloween. The ninja turtle, not the artist. The fun started a few weeks ago when we were finally brave enough...

I’m almost home after picking Mikey up from pre-kindergarten when a call rings over the Bluetooth in the car. “Oh, it’s Dada,” I tell the...

I wasn’t sure if I wanted to share this little story with all you readers, but then I decided that if the point of this column is to be...

I often wish my son could have the same kind of childhood I had. I remember summers spent riding my bike with the neighborhood kids from...

My 4-year-old has better manners than any adult I know, and Lord knows neither my husband nor I taught him them. It’s those dang...

I find it funny they call it the “Baby Blues,” because if I could assign a color to represent the dark thoughts and feelings that...

You know the scene in Jurassic Park when the velociraptor learns how to open the door to the kitchen and the kids who are hiding inside...

I shave years off of my life during trips to the grocery store with Mikey in tow… Years. Mikey likes to be my little helper at the...

I heard a saying last week that was new to my ears but has apparently been around awhile: There is no such thing as other people’s...

“It’s too white,” Mikey says, folding his arms on the table and resting his chin on them, a scowl on his face. My husband and I look at...