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Dear middle child, you were so different from my first

I didn't understand you.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

This isn’t my first baby—but I still need your support more than ever

The truth is, no matter how old my children are, no matter how independent the big ones get, no matter how "put together" I may appear, I humbly share that I am not always managing this very well all on my own. Please know I still need you.

Updated Oct. 01, 2022

Dear second child: I’m sorry you don’t have my full attention

I want so badly to slow down, sing to you, dance with you in the kitchen, babble with you while I prepare dinner. But I am so distracted. So exhausted.

Updated Sep. 06, 2022

We’re done having kids—here’s how we know

We are two and through.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

I have 4 kids—and this is the most important thing I’ve learned about parenting

Someone asked me recently what it's like to have four kids, and I paused.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

I never thought I’d say this, but I want to move to the ‘burbs

I love you New York, but I am ready to make the move.

Updated Mar. 17, 2025

Dear Middle Child: We will find our new normal, I promise

Bear with me as I try to establish some sort of balance in raising all three of you without letting anyone down.

Updated Jun. 26, 2018
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