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  • Just Don’t Do What I Did: The Newborn Edition

    Anita Manderfield January 31, 2026 Baby

    Taking care of your first (or subsequent) newborn baby is probably the most demanding, surprising, and important job you'll have ever have.

    Perfectionism & Parenting Do NOT Mix

    Anita Manderfield December 19, 2025 Stay at Home Parent

    I'm a score-keeper. It's a good way to measure the distance from performance to perfection. And, for some reason, I can get drawn in by the myth of perfection.

    Sometimes I Want My Kids To Be Older Already

    Anita Manderfield May 23, 2016 Toddlers & Pre-School

     Sometimes, when mommas talk about their older kids pulling away from them, I feel something akin to envy.

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