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  About a year ago I wrote this post about how to make the most out of your school volunteer efforts. D2 wasn’t enrolled in pre-school yet, so at the time I hadn’t yet dipped my toe [...]

Have you ever felt so passionate about an issue that you thought, ” I really need to contact my local member of congress and tell them how I feel?” You vow you’ll write a [...]

I continue to marvel at the lessons I learn as a mother. About a week ago I got the call every parent dreads. D2’s teacher called me at work one day to tell me that he had a bad, bad day. [...]

I have to work hard to suppress my sanctimommy urges. Generally, I do a decent job. I’m guilty of  letting D2 watch back to back episodes of “Chuggington” so I can get a few [...]

  This past October I attended Blogalicious Weekend 2011 in Washington, DC. While there I met Caroline Barrett,  a program officer with Shot At Life, a new global initiative of the United Nations [...]

This week I lied to my son’s pediatrician. Let me explain.  Wednesday D2 had his two year-old check up appointment. For some reason during these appointments I always feel a little bit [...]

Dr. D. and I are scheduled for D2’s first parent-teacher conference on Friday. In preparation for our discussion with his teacher, we received an emailed copy of his Toddler Progress Report [...]

About a week ago I was picking D2 up from the half-day toddler program at Montessori and just making chit chat with his teacher. I asked her how he was doing. “He’s doing great” [...]

We are hosting Dr. D.’s three nieces  (two aged 11 and a 7 year old) for the summer and it’s certainly been an adventure to go from one toddler to four kids in the house. One of the [...]

This is part two of my thoughts on searching for a nanny. Even if you are used to hiring and firing people on the job, finding someone to care for your little one can be an agonizing process. [...]