BERGEN COUNTY MOMS

Happy New Year! It’s all about healthy changes. Don’t hold on to resentment. Let it go. Don’t feel guilty for needing time. Be...

Is it just me or do the kids seem to behave worse as Christmas approaches? Suddenly, Santa feels like an empty threat. “I’m calling...

On Monday, my doctor told me that my placenta looks like it is 2 pieces. It might be attached by a thin bridge but they aren’t sure. ...

You know what, sometimes I want to put on Rod Stewart and cry my eyes out. Sometimes I want to watch General Hospital and shut out the...

“Let Go and Let God” I’m not a super religious person but lately this quote has been stuck in my head. I feel like the transition from...

I’m sitting here at 9:30 at night, drinking a root beer, and making sure my big belly doesn’t hit the computer. I think it’s the...

The hardest thing about being a stay at home mom/dad or a part-time working mom/dad from home is the idea of “the break.” When is that...

How much of how our children behave is nature and how much is nurture? I am not a geneticist. I am basing this strictly off of being a...

Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. ~Robert Breault I watched my...

“Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives… Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life…...

Yesterday morning I threw up on my kitchen floor with a half of a pretzel hanging out of my mouth. I mean… I thought I was passed the...

I saw a quote the other day that resonated with me. It said, “It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I...

I’m sitting here in my peace sign pajama pants watching everyone else live their life. That is how I feel sometimes. Or at least, this...

My oldest daughter is starting kindergarten next week. We are entering a new era, joining the public school, starting the beginning of...

Why are Mom friends so important? I know that I could not survive without them. They all bring different things to the table but are the...

Communication is vital in any relationship. I should know, I went to school for it. I remember on my first day in grad school, in a...

Do you always feeling like you are schlepping somewhere? A bag on your arm, a puddle jumper under your arm pit, a chair hanging from...

Let me set the scene. My (almost) 3 year old daughter didn’t take a nap. We were on vacation out east with my in-laws. There were a...

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post that I never sent. I had a really terrible, off week. One of those “the world is ending” weeks; one of...

When you close your eyes, can you picture yourself strutting to the bars in your 20’s, looking for Mr./Mrs Right. You declare, “I don’t...