How to Let Go of Guilt and the Fear That You’re Not Good Enough When was the last time you felt guilty and inadequate as a parent? A year ago? Last week? This morning? We’ve all been there. You get a call from your child’s teacher, and they want to set up a conference …
How I Stopped Banging My Head Against the Wall after My Son’s Head Hit the Floor Read More »
Sometimes I’m just all mommed out. It was just one of those days. A pity party kind of day. A I picked the wrong colored cup kind of day. Can you imagine, the wrong colored cup, the nerve! I can’t say it was a bad day, it’s not like someone died, got hurt or …
Duct Tape…Does it Really Fix Everything? Nope. Not everything. Everybody knows what Duct Tape is and how it works. The options are really endless; you can fix cars, appliances, walls, and I’ve even seen people create artwork with it. While it may be great for many day-to-day household fixes, one thing it can’t do is …
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month Today is mental health awareness day, and we thought it was important to highlight suicide in teenagers. As a parent, this is something I fear greatly. I worry that my child will be depressed and I’ll miss the signs, or that they’ll get to the point they feel so hopeless they …
Suicide in LGBT Youth: How to Protect Your Child Read More »
My child went missing for a few minutes when we were at a busy public arena. Has your child ever been missing for a few minutes? Have you ever lost sight of your child when you are out in public? It happens to the best of parents. It happens, and it is one of the …
Home Remedy Lice Treatments At the first sign of scratching, you may be tempted to scour the Internet for quick, easy, and at times homemade cures. However, we’d encourage you to take a breath, do your research, and truly explore what you may need to fight the scourge of lice. The advent of super-lice, now …
The human body is an amazing thing… a beautiful, complex, scary and amazing thing. One morning, almost 15 years ago now, I woke up and could not feel my legs. They were completely numb; a bit like the pins and needles feeling you experience when your leg “falls asleep.” But this was worse. Also, my legs …
I Woke Up And Could Not Feel My Legs – Transverse Myelitis Read More »
How much do you know about Water Diseases? It’s summer time. We’re all spending a good chunk of time in the water. Do you know how many water diseases there are? Or more importantly, ways to protect against them? Each summer we hear of crazy tragedies, like the recent teenager from Ohio who died this …
11 Recreational Water Diseases Of Which You Should Be Aware Read More »
My heart aches today. We have a real race issue in this country that can NOT be ignored. Change, I mean REAL CHANGE, starts in the home. Mamas – it starts with us! This is not the type of post we usually put up on Lose the Cape. We try to avoid politics and controversy, …
Assumptions about people make assholes out of all of us Read More »
The two pink lines staring back at me were causing fireworks to go off inside of my brain. It was the Fourth of July, and I took the pregnancy test in order to put my “why am I feeling funny?” fears to rest. I was already the mother of a two-year-old boy and an 8-month-old girl. …
