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

Rather than fully supporting one another, we mothers use subtle digs to imply that our parenting methods are superior and choose to pick apart ridiculous, inconsequential details.

This new little person in my life, who I love dearly, has taken control of that life and quite honestly, I don't know when I will get it all back.

You decided on your entrance into this world.

What you must decide, what you must be absolutely 100% sure of, is whether or not you are ready to have your heart broken.

Sometimes, we just need to let things fall as they will and simply let it be.

Kids, here are 11 signs that you’re a second child.

To give away a blanket, a knit cap, or skirt, is to give away precious stories, hopes and desires from that season with my kids.

To give away a blanket, a knit cap, or skirt, is to give away precious stories, hopes and desires from that season with my kids.

My advice here is the same as pediatricians’: Start reading to your baby right away. They’ll tell you it will promote future literacy. That might be true, but I’ll tell you that it will also promote future sanity, which is probably a much more immediate concern if you’re parenting an infant.