Realistic Expectations
Before I had kids, I imagined the bliss of a happy couple and a sleeping baby, just like you see in the diaper commercials. Then I started working as a Mother/Baby nurse as an impressionable 22 year old...
I just want to start by saying I would never physically fight a second-grader. I know that it would be wrong on many, many levels and I’m a civilized, mature adult. A southern lady, in fact. Genteel. Graceful. Manners...
It’s strange to think about, but it’s been five years since we started trying to conceive. We've now gone through three years of fertility treatments. Last year when I first wrote about my infertility journey here on Birmingham Mom...
Our home has been in full-blown threenager mode for eight months now and looking back, I only thought I had it rough the first go-around. Child number two has definitely turned me into a veteran threenager survivor. Growing up,...
From the first time your five-year-old misses a long-awaited field trip, to your 12 year-old not making the soccer team, to the postponement of a wedding due to a pandemic. . . disappointment will inevitably be a part of...
“CODA” is the 2022 Academy-Award Winning film for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. While many households have been talking about “Encanto,” “CODA” is another film that needs to be discussed. C.O.D.A. stands for Child of...
When I was growing up, I always considered myself to be a fairly fashionable person. I usually had trendy clothes. I felt like I fit in. And even when I was pregnant, I looked pretty decent. I had some...
My alarm goes off at 6:00 a.m. It’s a normal weekday morning in the Trammell household, which can look like either pure chaos to an outsider or a normal, messy, rushed morning to the mom who is in the...
Any mother traveling with small children has experienced relief upon arriving back home. Once home, you can sink blissfully into your bed without a Pack 'n Play two feet away, confining the wide-awake toddler – too excited to sleep....
If anyone knows me, they know that I love books. It started with biographies and non-fiction while I was growing up, then expanded to self-help, contemporary fiction, and young adult in my twenties. Now in my thirties, I still have my...
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Guide to Vacation Bible Schools in Birmingham
Many of us on the BMC team have fond memories of Vacation Bible School. Often, this is a great way to get your kids...
