It’s OK to watch them breathe. To just sit there, watching their tiny chests move up and down. To feel their breath on your hand. To ask them repeatedly to say the words, “I’m OK, Mommy,” just so you can be sure. That’s what I did on the way to the hospital tonight. See, my …
This article originally appeared on Her View From Home with the title “You May Be Growing and Changing, but You’ll Always Be My Baby.” You know how people change, but deep down, really, they don’t? This is my eldest son when he was 4 years old . . . and now. Those curls! He’s still got them. …
Whether you’re raising boys or girls, parenting is widely known as the most amazing, exhausting, trying, endearing, rewarding journey. For some reason, it’s also a journey that people – random people in the grocery store or the post office – feel the need to comment on. Those people you’ve never met who touched your belly …
Who needs “a lot of coffee and a good vacuum?” Boymoms do!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you remember why I started this blog? Because I’m a proud (and often flustered!) Mother of Boys (M.O.B.), and I know there’s a strong connection to be made with other M.O.B.s who share the adventure. In 2018, M.O.B. Truths conducted a survey with …
Fortnite addiction has been the subject of so much negative chatter recently, including the fact that it can land the player in video game rehab. I’ve read articles (some serious!) and seen so many (often hilarious) social media posts and memes about the dreaded craze over Fortnite. I was part of that dread for a …
Boy moms know — there’s drippage, there’s splatter . . . there are times when the bathroom at home smells like a public restroom at a gas station. Thankfully, this guest post from Tove Maren Stakkestad at Mama in the Now has a solution. As a mom of four boys, she really knows how to tackle …
Raising secure boys, *even* without sports! “You must be sooo busy with all your boys’ sports!” It’s a comment I get often as a mom of three boys. But I have to admit, it annoys me! Fact: Not all boys are into sports. Fact: There are gazillions of other interests in the world that can help …
In today’s “me-too” era where awareness and implications of words and actions seems more serious than ever, Mothers of Boys have a lot to think about. In my recent M.O.B. Truths survey, approximately half of the respondents said they are trying to instill respect and values early on in their sons, while the other half …
“We seasoned our dinner with herbs from our garden, and topped off our salad with our homegrown tomatoes,” the neighbors said. Not us! Steak on the grill and frozen french fries over here! I tend to think I don’t have the skill — or the time — for a fancy, productive garden, though I do …
Are you living the adventure of raising boys? If you told a kid in your house today to take his hands out of his pants (or if you laugh as you remember doing so when your kids were younger), I’m guessing you have a son. If you balance the question “What sports does he play?” …
