The Young Mommy Life

Motherhood changes everything. EVERY-FREAKING-THING. And the crazy part is? You know this but you really don’t. Not until you have actually lived it. It’s why sometimes I tune out  pregnant women when they make statements like, “I can’t wait to give birth and have my body all to myself again.” Not because I know exactly [...]

Do you know how long it took me to be able to say that? And really mean it? I mean, here I am, with two wonderful kids. They love to learn and they love laughing and they’re polite (most of the time) and they just make you want to have more babies. (Although we know [...]

Looking at the average teen pregnancy prevention ad, you might think these young girls (always girls, never directed at the teen boys) were headed to death row. In trying hard not to glamorize the issue, organizations all too often slide to the extreme and make the general assumption that teen parents as irresponsible, immature and [...]

My darling son, God bless his heart, is in the midst of what I call the “Boy, you better get right” stage. He’s quit using any of the manners we’ve instilled in him thus far and every.single.thing that comes out of his mouth is a command. “I want more juice!” “Gimme that!” “Move!” “Get out [...]

I dedicated this week to co-parenting because I want readers to know that just because the relationship with your child’s father has ended, it doesn’t mean you can’t both be dedicated to your kid and work together. However. I know it ain’t easy. I know some days you will want to wring his neck or [...]