I don’t mind telling everyone that I was a very happy, but very freaked out expectant mother during my first pregnancy.  I always knew I wanted kids, and so did Jim, so having a baby was a shared dream for both.  But somehow in my dreams, I always pictured “kids” – not babies...

Meet Shari, our seventh MOMumental Mom of the week. Name: Shari City: Plano Marital Status: happily married to Matt Mom to: 3 year old daughter, Kathryn and expecting Christine anytime before September 26th Occupation: Stay at home mom What was the last movie you saw and what did you think about it? Matt...

Meet Liane, our sixth MOMumental Mom of the week. Name: Liane City: Dallas Marital Status: married Mom to: 2.5 year old daughter, Sabine Occupation: Full time mom, which includes: cook, chauffer, sometime housekeeper, social coordinator, book keeper, etc. you get the idea☺ What was the last movie...

I love going to the Baby Aisle at Target. You know the Baby Aisle – the one with diapers down the entire 40′ section on one side, and baby food/formula/wipes/bath wash/lotion on the other side. I know it well, as it is probably my most-visited area of the store, aside from the milk section....

With several friends who are having their first (or second or third) babies soon, and because, to these new Moms at least, I’m considered an “expert” (after all, I’ve got two boys who are now almost-3 and almost-1 year old), I’m being asked a lot nowadays for advice on What to Buy for Baby....

With my first pregnancy, the fear of actually going through labor was a dark shadow over my last trimester. My all-encompassing denial of this part of the process of becoming a mother meant I could not make myself read anything about labor, listen to any friend who wanted to share her delivery story,...

How well I remember my carefree 20’s. Well, they didn’t seem carefree then; I was trying to work through a failing marriage while making a start on my career. But, looking back from my vantage point of right now – with kids, a mortgage, aging parents, and a (different) husband with a cholesterol...