I was snowed in to a small town thirty miles outside of where I live, for a couple of days. The South shuts down in bad weather, since it o...

I write this post as I have just concluded 2 hours at a coffee shop studying with a classmate, drove home the 40 minute drive listening to a...

I am jealous of my husband. There, I said it. A little over a year ago, when our lives were too chaotic to manage with both of us working ...

My husband and I awoke last Weds to a text message on my cell from my father-in-law saying "Hope this doesn't mean you are single-p...

I thought it was a good idea to link NY Times articles, so I thought I would link this one: If Your Kids are Awake, They're Probably Onl...

I came across this great article in the New York Times about snacking. It's ironic timing for me as yesterday when I went grocery shopp...

Hi, I just came across your blog and really enjoyed reading the posts (while I put off another question set as I procrastinate studying fo...

Breastmilk vs. formula is one of those topics that is highly controversial on the internet. When my daughter was of breastfeeding age, I was...

For years now, I have lived by the laws of Mommodynamics: 1. Energy is finite. 2. Clutter, like entropy, tends towards an infinite maximum...

My mentors have been very important to me. My first mentor was a Pediatric Metabolism specialist at the New England Medical Center in Bost...

My four year old John and his dad left early for a car show, mummy movie at the Imax theater, and the Pharaoh exhibit at the Arts Center dow...

So the week before Christmas I got to attend my son's first holiday program at school. My husband and I watched with video camera in han...

I consider myself a connoisseur holiday letters, which I have sent and received pretty consistently since I first had children. Since my fri...

As we make resolutions for the new year, I'm sure we will all be thinking about how we can be better parent, spend quality time with our...

Recent comment to New Years Resolution : I would like to resolve to have one day of residency when I didn't wonder if I should quit an...