A plea from a mom with allergies: Ask, don’t tell

I have several life-threatening food allergies: shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts. I’ve had anaphylactic reactions to nuts and shellfish but, thankfully not peanuts (yet). I developed a serious reaction to nuts and peanuts later in life (my early 20s) and my shellfish allergy has always been there. We have come a long way since my childhood with […]

Time for A Change (and Growth)

You can see I’ve changed the blog – right down to the fact that we have our own domain now, folks! I was inspired. I just got an awesome new job. Leaving the old one wasn’t easy. I loved my coworkers, I felt valued, my work was meaningful. I was helping at-risk people and representing […]

How NOT to write about the science in sleep training literature.

As someone who has devoted her life to empirical research, it is really, really hard to read journalistic accounts of “studies” which totally miss the mark. In my younger years as a hungry PhD student, I taught methods labs to aspiring political scientists and double-majors in journalism at a university with a top J-School. My job […]

Substance Abuse is a Feminist Issue and a Maternal Issue

Today, I’m talking about an issue that does not attract much attention even in the circles which discuss pre-natal and post-natal depression. Honestly, even in the discussion of mental illness, this topic is often left out even if it is an especially common issue. Today, I am approaching drug abuse in pregnancy and in struggles […]

Postpartum Depression is not a Pacifier

Recently, Sage Biotech, a company which has an experimental treatment for Postpartum Depression (PPD), posted their team at the ACOG conference in May posing beside their new ad campaign. While there is hope that this new drug may show promise for moms like me suffering from PPD, I am about to tell you why this […]

I don’t need your shaming – especially today

I’ve had a really rough few weeks. Today, my mother-in-law fell at a family get-together and hit her head. We ended up about 2.5 hours from home with a 7 month old in an ER waiting room after driving her to get checked out for a concussion and so she could get staples. […]

See Mom Run

Warning: I’m taking a break today to talk about postpartum issues. If you have trouble with body talk, please don’t read this post! Postpartum has been a real “thing”. I have struggled with PPD. I’ve been haunted by my ability to get back to “normal”. I found that the things I needed to hear about a […]

Implied Judgement is Still Mom Judgement

There will always be judgey moms who call you a “bad mom” – oftentimes even in your own social circle. I have been judged harshly by some for “choosing” not to breastfeed for medical reasons. I had friends think it was cruel for me to put my child in her own room to sleep in […]

Another Body Altogether

Warning: I’m taking a break today to talk about postpartum issues. If you have trouble with body talk or periods, please don’t read this post! I will be putting out another gender and kids post later, so keep an eye out if that is more your style! My baby turned 3 months this week. When […]