Headphones & Hormones

They've outgrown the highchairs, they can't hear a word you say, and you don't know whose hormones are worse, yours or theirs. Here's my take on parenting teens as a perimenopausal single mom in 2025.

Category: Highchairs and Headaches

  • Eight Truths About Breastfeeding

    Breastfeeding. Is it really all it’s cracked up to be?

  • Peeing & Parenting

    There are two types of things no one warns you about before you become a parent: ~ stuff that can’t be described because you need to just experience it for yourself ~ stuff that’s just too gross to discuss with others. Today’s topic falls into the latter category. I’m talking about pee, and the long,…

  • 13 Rules for Not Telling Me How to Raise My Kids

    Seems like lately there are a lot of articles floating around the internet that are filled with “rules” for how we should or shouldn’t be raising our children —  a lot of insufferable people giving out unwanted advice to unwilling recipients. I don’t know about you, but I’m sick to death of being told what…

  • This is How I Know I’m Failing at Adulthood

    Am I the only one who has that single spot in their home that is just a constant, infuriating reminder of how epically they are failing as an adult? For me, it’s right here: When it’s clean (semi-annually), it’s supposed to be the counter where you’ll find kitchen utensil storage and perhaps a place to store a few…

  • Today is Valentine’s Day. My only real excitement on February 14 lies in waking to squeals of delight from my children upon finding the treats I left out for them the night before. This morning, my daughter was particularly excited by the Peppa Pig Beanie Baby I got for her, which brought a big smile…