yogurt and applesauce pouches are a go-to for us, though my littles are only 2 and 4 so they can easily still be hella messy. They also love the Little Debbie Mini-Muffins. Small enough that a whole muffin goes in the mouth at once, minimizes the crumb potential. I push hard for protein (fried eggs, breakfast sausage)…

This seems to vary so much by person. I’m a big breakfast eater, typically needing something first thing and then again 2 to 3 hours later for second breakfast. And my children (ages 2 and 4) have always woken up super hangry. They also tend to eat again as soon as they get to daycare. So maybe they just take after…

I wish I could wait that long to eat breakfast, I am starving at noon and six after eating breakfast at 6:15 when I get back from the gym. A second breakfast at the office helps a bit but I don’t always come prepared.

I totally feel this depite the inability to apply it to my weekdays. I am much calmer if I can allow the children to wake and dress on their own schedule but unfortunately, we have to get them to daycare so we can get to work at a decent time. I’m trying to get them up earlier but it doesn’t really seem to help. 

I get up at 4:30am to go to a workout class at 5AM and home by 6:15AM. Sometimes one child is awake and eating breakfast, usually both are still asleep. But generally, I get your drift. I am usually at work by 8:30, if I can get us all in the car by 7:30.

I usually baste my eggs to an over medium doneness, but lately I've been wilting a handful of spinach, then cracking two eggs on top with a quick scramble in the pan. Then I lay it on to of a piece of toast spread with the good hummus and avocado if they are ripe.

Luckily, 6 week olds still sleep a lot, just make sure they have a good dark space with some white noise to allow them to continue their sleep patterns during the commotion. I’d say babywearing too but I doubt you’d be able to move boxes around with a newborn on your chest. Maybe just box unpacking?

I love Hilary and her podcast so much. I miss having her as the host but I’m glad she’s still involved. 

That’s the kind I wore. Big silicon beads that could be held onto during nursing or chewed on when baby wanted. But they were all quick release which mostly meant that baby pulled it off me and I was constantly putting it back on. And my hair would tangle around the silicon beads but luckily I almost always had it up…

What if I just want to send them diapers or formula or a rotisserie chicken? The things they really need.

I think it was found to be illegal but this was 6 years ago. And I’m sure it’s still strongly, strongly encouraged. I also want the best for my kids. Do I want them to go tot he 3/10 school that there are assigned to? No, not really. We’re applying for an interdistrict permit to get them in a better school that’s also…

The charter school thing is a real sore spot with me. My BFF’s kids go to a charter school within LAUSD. I know they worked very hard to get them in to the school (they had to volunteer while their oldest was still a toddler in the hopes of getting a spot) and something I would do to get my kids into a better school.…

You’re making me really miss my Great Aunt Hattie. We always had her pimento cheese sandwiches when visiting the family out on the farm in Mississippi. I was 6 when we moved up north and I don’t remember anything about her recipe, just the green plastic bowl she mixed it in and the chickens running around in the yard.

Most insurance considers treatment cosmetic instead of medical.

My grandmother had so many of those book of the month club selections and the abridged novels that are published in a group of 4. I also remember her shelves if romance novels and shelves of Bibles.

With good insurance (typically only available through an employer), it's not that expensive. I had no copay for any regularly scheduled appointments and tests. I paid $250 each day I was in the hospital and they literally came to my room to ask for my credit card. Even my epidural was included. Lots of people don't…

And in Ohio you’re a Buckeye. 

I was fortunate enough that the post-baby depression never really hit me, just a case of baby blues that was probably attributable to lack of sleep. I’m an only and my husband is the oldest of four, splitting the difference with two kids meant they could have a sibling but we’d never be outnumbered. And we had them…

And you’re not outnumbered. Plus, much easier to fit four in a car. That third carseat requires more than a sedan or a hatchback unless you’re really, really good at getting them all in there.

Wow, that’s some pricey childcare. We went the in-home route because we just couldn’t stomach the costs otherwise. I’m paying $195/week per kid but there’s a $25/week discount for the second kid, in Long Beach, California.