Today marks the last day for cloth diapers in our house. Truman got this really temperamental rash recently & I seriously tried EVERYTHING but the only thing that seemed to help was switching to compost diapers. And compost diapers? Well, they are freaking EXPENSIVE. Like, $1 a diaper. So, we had to leave our service that we’ve [...]

The Brandt 5 are all feeling much better. Much MUCH better. I think I may have been going a bit stir crazy after a solid month of being sick coupled with several weeks of sick babies on medications & trips to the doctor’s office & the ER. I find myself taking every single opportunity to [...]

4/5 Brandts are on medication. Sawyer has croup/RSV Tru has RSV Hud has an ear infecton & RSV I have pneumonia or RSV pending results. Scott- wades around in other people’s poo all day so he has an immunity system of steel. Bastard. Which is why this mama is up at 12 even though I [...]

- Wake up late to Mom singing Happy Birthday severely off-key. -Watch Wow Wow Wubzzy in Mom’s bed. -Take a long shower by yourself because you’re 2. -Get dressed & head to Starbucks for a chocolate milk & birthday cake donut. -Head to the toy store to play in the play area & let baby [...]

I can’t tell you how it’s possible, but my life started the day you were born. It’s that simple. It’s like your first breath was my own. As corny as it sounds- that’s the only way I can explain what becoming a mother felt like. And I remember those first few hours of your life. [...]

In less than a week, this baby- this boy- will be 2 years old. And tonight he is sleeping in a big boy bed. Seriously though… everyone said to cherish his babyhood because it’s fleeting. They were right. babyhood?! gone. Toddlerhood?! It’s disappearing as we speak. More on this later. (aka 6 days from now [...]

We don’t have a bedtime “ritual” in our house. I don’t like the idea of everything having to be the same for the kids to sleep because in my mind it makes them less adaptable to new situations. They have a bedtime and the only “ritual” is that they go to sleep at 8PM. Sometimes [...]

Today, while cleaning up the house I decided to find a movie to watch in the background on-demand. I was looking for something I had seen a million times that was funny because I wanted to be able to hear it and pause to watch when needed but be able to give it about 50% [...]

note: it is 534am. I am typing this from my phone because I can’t sleep even though everyone in my house is. I am starting to get a glimpse of how other people must feel. I have been so extremely lucky in regards to sleeping in this house. The kids are now napping once a [...]

It’s weird. I mean Hudson is still my baby in theory, but over the last few weeks a definite shift has taken place. He is cuddly & sweet but I can barely even call the kid a toddler anymore. Sure, he still babbles on in alien language- LIKE A TODDLER & craps his pants- LIKE [...]