by Kristen King | Oct 29, 2012 | Parenting
When I was pregnant, virtually everyone I met told me, “You’d better sleep now, because once you have kids you’ll never sleep again!” and laughed like “Neener, neener, neener.” There was no variation, except sometimes they laughed...
by Kristen King | Oct 15, 2012 | Parenting
Why do other parents say so much discouraging crap to new moms and dads? I thought the misery-disguised-as-advice was rampant when I was still pregnant, but I had no idea what was to come once I popped those suckers out. These Debbie Downers were oh-so-uplifting when...
by Kristen King | Jun 14, 2012 | Parenting
Over the last 4 weeks or so, I’ve become increasingly desperate for three things: More sleep. A predictable daily schedule. Unrestricted access to coffee (see No. 1). It only took about 5 months, but the exhaustion has reached a new level. As Princess Mommy put...
by Kristen King | May 10, 2012 | Parenting
Dr. Phil says the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior, so based on that I’m pretty sure Emmett is never going to sleep again. Which means I will never sleep again. Today he actually took an hour-and-forty-nine-minute nap, the first burst of...
by Kristen King | Feb 8, 2012 | Parenting
Okay, well, one hand to pull down the Moby so you can see my precious babies. We are almost 7 weeks into this crazy parenting journey, and I’m still trying to figure out how to fit blogging into my day with two completely dependent infants on my hands....