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Do as I say not as I did: Postpartum lessons I learned the hard way

My youngest daughter turned two this week, which got me thinking about her birth and more specifically, about how my postpartum period was so much easier the second time around. After she was born, I spent a month parked on my couch (or in bed), wearing pyjamas, napping, eating, feeding her, and marvelling at how […]

Notes from the Potty Training Trenches

This week, my husband and I decided to potty train our youngest daughter. And I forgot how crazy-making that is. Let me begin by admitting that potty training her was a total afterthought, like virtually everything we do with our second child. Understand that although they’ve grown up with the same two parents, our two […]