parenting Archives - Laura Clery

This Overnight Vegan Blueberry Banana Oats Recipe Is Rich With Pregnancy Superfoods

I don’t know about you, but sometimes, (okay, most of the time) I prefer a breakfast that takes less than a blink of the eye to make. If you have a bun in the oven, the fun game of Will I or Won’t I Get Sick This Morning just adds to the need for something […]

Things I Never Said Until I Had a Toddler

When you’re a parent, you think your kid is awesome and great and better than any kid that has ever existed. Then they become a toddler. It’s almost like your child turns into an untrained puppy. Pooping in the middle of the floor? Yep. Chewing on things that may or may not be food? Mmhmm. […]

Five Tips for Raising Your Kids to Have Self-Confidence

I have a knee-jerk reaction to ignore so much of the parenting advice on the internet. First, a lot of it just seems arbitrary and judge-y. (Second, a lot of it seems downright wrong — I’m not here to provide receipts, but I’m sure you’ve found plenty of your own evidence in this category!) But […]

Four Ways to Deal With the Anxieties of First-Time Parenthood

I had big plans to be a super chill mom when my first baby was born. Whatever happened, I’d roll with it—I’d stay calm, the baby would stay calm, and it would all be super, super chill. Cut to me sobbing within ten minutes of returning home from the hospital with my new baby because […]

How to Stay Sane While Being Stuck at Home with a Newborn

With my right boob inside of my newborn’s mouth, I look at the clock and wonder, what has become of me? I’m a shell of the woman that I used to be. Pre-Baby Sujeiry (PBS) was a hot piece of ass with highlighted hair that framed her beat face, a tiny yet mighty rack, tight […]

The Art of Maintaining Friendships While Adjusting to Mom Life

Remember back before you became a mother, when your brain functioned properly? It was so easy to have friends back then— you could meet people for lunch, carry on conversations about a variety of topics, and stay up past 9 p.m. It can be difficult to manage a social life when you suddenly feel like […]

Three Tips for Getting Through Your First Pregnancy

I’ve been pregnant just once — but it was a twofer. I welcomed boy-girl twins in the sweltering mid-summer of 2014. At birth, they weighed a combined total of 12 pounds, two ounces, but who’s counting. I’d call my pregnancy extreme — for the reason alone of my bump’s formidable size. (In fact, thanks to […]