I've been seeing rompers everywhere for this spring, and I'd really like to wear them. I'll have to try them on first, to make sure they look good on me first of course, but I'm really liking the casual ones with straps. Strapless doesn't seem practical for a new mommy, but I do like that I can show off my legs without wearing a dress. More Here...

"Don't worry -- I've been enjoying my second cup of coffee and the paper. Just let me grab some Luna Bars for us. Come on in but be quiet, OK -- Lara's still sleeping."

"Oh, to be a carefree teenager again!" Sara sighed.

"Not for long. School starts in like, what, two weeks? I said.

"Yes, and Lara's going to have a rude awakening because she slept through her entire summer!"

We laughed, and, just then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw something move in the hallway.

"Oops, we might have awakened her," I half-whispered. "Shh!"

Cindy peered down the hallway, then went back to stuffing her backpack. "Nah, it's just Josh going to the bathroom."

Sara and I looked at each other, stunned. Then we looked at Cindy.

"Um, are Josh's parents away or something?" I asked.

"Not that I know of. Why?"

I started to squirm, trying to find the right way to ask what I desperately wanted to ask in a delicate way, but Sara, who has no patience for my euphemistic leanings, blurted it out: "Then what the hell is Lara's boyfriend doing walking out of her bedroom in his skivvies on a Saturday morning? More Here...

There has never been anything about parenthood that scares me. I've always really looked forward to all of it, except for one part - potty-training.

I had only ever seen/heard horror stories of parents trying to potty train their kids. Frustration, messes, fights....for every good, successful story it seemed there were hundreds of bad ones.

I did a lot of reading and even though we had already decided to use cloth diapers, I found out that cloth can help a child learn to use the toilet earlier. Unlike a disposable which helps a child feel/stay try, cloth doesn't. Children experience the uncomfortableness of feeling wet earlier and want to do something about it.

My doctor told me she had rarely seen a child in cloth go past the age of two without potty training. This was encouraging but it still wasn't the answer I wanted. More Here...

Little Miss Sugar Loves all things girly. Pink tutus, nail polish, and apparently bright red lipstick.

Yesterday, while she was supposed to be enjoying 30 minutes of “Swiper No Swiping” on Dora, she came out of my room with bright red lipstick covering a good percentage of her little face. I was stirring the spaghetti when she said “Mommy, do I look beeeee-u-teee-ful?” I looked, and almost peed my pants. She scared the CRAP out of me. More Here...