I gained 50 pounds with the first pregnancy. I gained 70 with baby number two. I am determined not to do that again with this pregnancy. It’s not about the weight. It’s not about not being able to fit into my clothes by next Christmas. Actually, I rather enjoyed the goodies […]

BabyCenter just released their Top 100 Baby Names of 2007 list. They are from a database of over 300,000 names given to registered BabyCenter readers’ babies who were born in the United States between January and October of 2007. And the winners are…..

Girls’ names
Boys’ names

1. Sophia
1. Aiden

2. Isabella
2. Ethan

3. Emma
3. Jacob

4. Madison
4. Jayden

5. Ava
5. Caden

6. […]

A few weeks ago, my husband and I attended our first Prepared Childbirth Class at the local hospital. The instructor, a nurse, was knowledgeable and full of energy. The expected mothers, me included, were clumsy, visibly uncomfortable, and struggling to keep focused. The “coaches” – hard to tell if they were all the expecting fathers […]

Now that I am approaching the end of my pregnancy, I am faced with a decision that has plagued many working women before me: child care after maternity leave.
Currently, I have two jobs. One that keeps me on our home computer for a few hours a week and one that keeps me trapped at […]