The Uncertainty of New Motherhood… Year Two? by Heather Bowles


Good morning, ladies! To start, Tabitha's birthday celebration went really well. My father's birthday is the same day as hers, so lunch with my parents was fun. I can see this becoming an annual tradition. Her cake was not perfect, but it was homemade. You wouldn't believe how difficult it ...

Adventures in Attachment Parenting: Teething Bites by Allison Silver


​All babies react to teething differently. For some it's no big deal and they appear to break in teeth quite easily with no one even noticing. And yet for other babies getting teeth is quite a chore. They cry in pain, they push on their mouth, they want to nurse ...

Who’s Training Who? by Heather Bowles


Remember those Saturday night gatherings I've been telling you ladies about? The ones where my husband and I bounce back and forth between entertaining friends and trying to coax our daughter back to sleep, usually unsuccessfully? Even though I've always been a bit of a night owl, I'd be willing ...

Know When to Hold ‘Em and When to Fold ‘Em by Heather Bowles


Good Saturday afternoon, ladies! I apologize for the late entry today, but I am bone weary, and mentally spent from this week in the Bowles household. Tabitha is teething in earnest now, and she wakes every two hours throughout the night to cry. I've tried every safe homeopathic remedy I ...

Growing Pains by Heather Bowles


This week sure has been busy, ladies, and as I type this, it's only Tuesday. I'm doing this one early, before we move, because I really don't trust that the ISP I use will have everything ready in the new place this week. In addition to moving, which is always ...