When asked for parenting advice, veteran parents often give advice about the best baby products, developing a routine, nursing, and other advice based around the wellness of baby. No one really tells you how this new cute cuddly bundle of joy takes a toll on your relationship with your wife or husband. When asked for […]
Author: pleasantlygrumpymom
Potty Training Tips for the Working Mom
Potty training was a difficult phase of parenting for me. It started out pretty bad. (If you don’t know about our potty training experience, read The Ugly Side of Potty Training at your leisure. It’s very entertaining to say the least.) In the early stages, our family and friends told us about their potty training experiences. Some […]
Happy New Year – My 2017 Goals
The new year is full of opportunities to start fresh and achieve the goals you wanted to achieve last year, lay down the foundation to reach old/new goals, or review the goals you did achieve and work on the next level of your goals. Last year (2016), I took several leaps of faith (this blog being […]
Dear Guy at the WaWa : A Tale of Parent Shaming
As new parents, we are often confronted by strangers (and sometimes family and friends) who feel compelled to offer unsolicited advice or believe they can question our parenting methods. You may often encounter them at the grocery store, the community pool, or even in the mall shopping. My wife and I were questioned about our […]
The Ugly Side of Potty Training
When we started potty training KJ (our two year-old son), we were elated. I thought it was a step towards us getting at least a small part of our lives back and reallocating money to another expense in our monthly budget. Hooray!!! NO more expensive diapers!!