OK OK...so i slipped up and didn't post my second tip a few weeks back.  My apologies, and I am here now to talk to all you fad diet junkies out there.  You know who you are, Atkins, Grapefruit, Cabbage Soup, The Zone, South Beach, etc.  You know them.  WHY is it that people lose the weight but it just comes right back??  

These fad diets create wishful thinking, the quick fix, and everything in between.  And guess what mammas? The people who market and create them are making…

I went to buckle my littlest in the car today and was struck dumb by the passage of time. He is five and recently in a high-backed booster seat so we can put the arms of the van captain's chairs down around him. These arms haven't been in a down position since this boy was born and we installed his baby seat. Therefore, today was the first time I noticed there was spilled…

I suppose for every woman, "amazing" can be defined a million ways, and an "amazing birth" can mean many things to a mom, too!  Let's just say that on February 8th, my husband and I had the most AMAZING experience with the birth of our 2nd child at Jersey Shore University Medical Center...and we've been loving every minute since bringing baby Jordan home!

(Necessary disclaimer, tinged with humor:  of course, we have had our first blowout last night, a few…