Category Archives: Reviews

Review + Giveaway: School with a baby? It can be done

When I was pregnant in college, I was just hoping, hoping, hoping that I would never have to bring my daughter to class. I wanted to fit in and be like everyone else. I didn’t want to be the “mom.”
I wanted to be normal.
But alas, one cold March day, I had no choice. My boyfriend [...]

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Review + Giveaway: On All The Things That Make Me Beautiful

Who here has never struggled with self-esteem? Or knowing what you wanted to do in life but being scared to start? How many of us have fallen in love with the wrong man, but realized it too late? How many of us don’t know our true worth and settle for things that are beneath us?
If [...]

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Review: Applesauce in a pouch?

My kids love applesauce. Like I should probably figure out how to get some stock in Mott’s because my kids go through it like it’s air. I try my best to get the low sugar kind, without added sugar or high fructose corn syrup – eww.
So when the folks at GoGo squeeZ contacted me to [...]

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In the air with a three-year-old

Last week, I took my daughter on a plane for the first time. By myself.
I was NERVOUS.
My daughter (who’s 3) is, um, particular. Like, she’s not this curious little girl who’s in awe of the world and wants to go explore it. Nope, not really. Leave her in her bedroom with a stack of Curious George books [...]

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Why do so many people hate Kate Gosselin?

As I’ve written about before, I was an early fan of TLC’s Jon and Kate Plus 8. I watched the first hour-long special intensely, wondering how on Earth these young parents (I think Jon and Kate were about 26 and 27, respectively, when they had the sextuplets) were going to manage with eight kids. Then I watched [...]

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