Sarah Khan 
“So, what brings you in today?” the doctor asked. “Well, there are some people in my life who say I’m not myself. That I sound negative and angry, so I thought I’d come in and get checked.” I replied, feeling silly but holding back tears, while bouncing my nearly 8 month old baby on my … Read more
Now that spring is pretty much in full effect, I’m sure many of us have gone through the ritual of spring cleaning — cleaning the home, cleaning the car, tidying the yard. The idea is to get rid of things that are no longer of use to us so that we can make way for a new … Read more
I watched yesterday as my girl jumped into the new little swimming pool her granddad bought for her. She was so excited she didn’t even empty her backpack or eat a snack. As soon as she walked in the door after school, she changed and went straight for the pool. As she played it dawned … Read more
Ugh, just typing that heading made my skin crawl. I will never understand why people don’t take grammar as seriously as I do. Don’t they want to write well? Speak well? Be understood? We can go on and on all day about text speak and the new culture of writing and language, but the reality … Read more
As I sat, yet again, trying to put my 5 month old down for a nap that was at least two hours overdue, she asked me the question I’d been dreading for years: “Mama, why don’t you ever go swimming?” Aw, crap. My 9 year old has been looking forward to her first swim of … Read more
As I write this, we are finally past the newborn period, which generally is the first 3 months of little baby’s life. Tator Tot is currently 4 1/2 months old. WE SURVIVED!!! We done did it. We made it, baby. But there are other tell-tale signs that we’ve made it through the newborn period into … Read more
Baby finally starts to settle into a decent sleep routine…and then suddenly, wham! They’re up every hour. Baby finally starts to become predictable in their feeding schedule…and then suddenly, wham! They’re feeding every hour. Just when you think you’re finally over the hump or turning a corner, your baby becomes a whiny, clingy, drooly, fussy … Read more
I’m a sucker for bags. All bags. Handbags, totes, purses, backpacks, you name it. I hold them in the same high regard as boots. They’re both my kryptonite. So when I found out I was pregnant last year, I got excited at the prospect of buying a new bag. A baby bag, yes, but a … Read more
We made it. Phew. Little Tator Tot is 7 weeks old today, and boy has it been a whirlwind. Let me regale you with the crazy. LOOK at my face. This is how I approach each day right now. Those first two weeks, well, I was in the hospital for 4 days and then in … Read more
I’ll be honest. I was kind of praying I’d go into labour on my own because everything I’d heard from friends or read on Dr Google (always a bad idea) made me dread having to endure an induction. I tried prenatal massage and acupuncture in the hopes of getting things moving on their own…but who … Read more
