By April Wallace, writer mama I’m expecting again. My husband and I, along with my stepson and my 15-month-old son, will welcome another little boy to the Wallace family around Valentine’s Day. At 18 weeks […]
A long-awaited day has finally come. As a woman who has spent the past 5 years driving her offspring to two and then three different schools during rush-hour traffic, I’m thrilled to report that the […]
By April Wallace, mama writer My son was 11 months old before I realized that I had given no significant time into researching how to wean him from breastfeeding. I knew I would wean gradually. […]
I’m typing this week’s column with my laptop perched precariously on an ironing board in my bedroom. My door is shut in a futile attempt to keep out the thunderous noises happening downstairs, which no […]
There are benefits to being an “early adopter” of new technologies. If you’re a parent, the ability to navigate new technology makes it tougher for your teenagers to write you off as completely clueless. If […]
Dear Mom, This letter is about 29 years overdue, but it took me this long to realize I needed to write it. It turns out you were right all along. It really is hard to […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 In more than 20 years of writing this column, I’ve never recommended a movie. Trained movie critics do it better than I ever could. Plus, people […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 “It was the loudest of times, it was a stretch of silence. It was the age of babies, it was the epoch of earbuds.” This tale […]
My friend Shannon and I recently went shopping for swimsuits at a clearance sale. Swimsuit shopping is a team sport in which you need a partner willing to grab a different size for you when […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 This will sound weird, but lately I find myself fantasizing about learning to knit. Even though I’m not a “crafty” person, I can’t get this image […]
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