Category: Reality

This week has felt like one of the longest all year. I have been feeling especially exhausted over the past two-weeks, and I’m sure it’s because of stress. I honestly never thought that parenting would be so difficult: arranging schedules, managing appointments, attending doctor/therapy appointments, transportation, trying to self-care AND working full-time. By the end…

We had a regular baby monitor for Greyson up until he was 9 months old. His cries were so high pitched that we didn’t see a use for the monitor, since he was waking us up numerous times a night anyway. When Dr. Comi recommended putting G in a toddler bed (he’s been climbing out…

Waking up today was tough. I purposely hit snooze an extra 3x just so I could come up with an excuse to not go to work today. But alas, I have children to feed and hundreds of dollars of medical bills to pay. Not sure if I was sleep walking last night, but I ended…

When I actually cry (which RARELY ever happens), I am not cute. I surpass Kim K’s crying face. I also get the dry-heaving breathing and uncontrollable shaky voice, leaving my eyes incredibly swollen. Almost swollen shut. Since I typically only cry 3-5x a year, I haven’t experienced the puffy eyes recently (knock on wood). Today…

Growing up, my mother always told me that I would sleep so much as a baby, that people thought something was wrong with me. I have always been an early bird, which also meant that I have always gone to bed early. As a teen, whenever I would have a sleepover at a friend’s house,…