I had just survived one of those hyper-scheduled "days off." Early morning short work assignment at the fertility clinic, my daugh...

I have posted before about how much I love my job.  I am honored to work with so many amazing people.  Quite recently a revolutionary change...

Genmedmom here. Childcare is such a huge issue for working parents. It can be so expensive, and it is so important. With me in outpatient ...

Let's bring the boys to the wedding, we said. It will be fun, we said. We were so cocky. Bean had been to several weddings and l...

I will paraphrase my mommy friend C when she said “we literally have spent hundreds of hours on this”. We moved back to DC June 2015 an...

Recently, I took Blur2 to the doctor. He’d been having a diaper rash for weeks. Initially, it started out like any other rash and my usual t...

A couple of weeks ago, my husband, N, and I found out that we both started our intern year in the MICU.  We soon realized that this meant...

I have searched but I cannot find the flying trapeze story I read a few years ago that explains my life, so I’ll paraphrase and add to i...

It's arrived.  The 12.5 year old boy child who already thinks he's 22 and in charge of his own life. Occasional glimpses of my sweet...

Last year, when I was on call a lot and very busy at work, I couldn't get enough time with my babe.  I always wanted more, more, more.  ...

My husband and I recently decided that daycare is no longer a good fit for our daughter, for many reasons.  We are now starting to look for ...

There has been a lot written lately about work-life balance. In a session with my Therapist last week, she laughed and said “you’re a Reside...

Today was my first day volunteering at Zo’s daycare. He attends a quaint Spanish-immersion daycare and we love it! My husband and I can’t sa...

After doing daycare/preschool exclusively for a time (when we only had my daughter), a live-out nanny, and a live-in nanny at various times,...