Leslie, Author at The Fussy Baby Site

Good Enough

Parenting is hard. Being a mom or a dad, is hard. Pulling that battery out of your 8 month old’s mouth? Easy choice. How to handle epic tantrums? Not so easy. The thing about parenting is

Because I’m Mommy

“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something

I Was a Much Better Parent Before I Had Kids

Sean’s great post last week got me thinking. I don’t know about you, but I was the world’s best parent before I had kids. I knew all of the tips and tricks to get my fictional children

Those Precious Newborn Days (Or So I Hear)

“Enjoy these early days. They go so fast” Ha. If I had a nickle for every time someone said that to me in the newborn days. In fairness, some people didn’t know my daughter had colic.

How My Marriage Survived Colic

Sometimes I really wonder how we made it through. Sometimes I look back on those days and wonder how I managed to come out on the other side with my sanity and my marriage intact. But here we are, 2.5

The Ugly Truth: Breaking the Mom Code

Before I had my daughter, what I knew of the birth experience was the emotional first moments after parents meet their baby that I’ve seen on T.V. and in movies. The subsequent days are usually shown

‘Fussy Baby’

I get defensive when it comes to my experience with my newborns. My daughter Abigail had colic, and my son, Zachary, we called Abby-lite in the early days. He was as fussy as a baby can be without being

A Mom’s Colic Primer

My daughter screamed, on average, 20 hours a day, for four months. Forty-five minute increments were her regular stretches of sleep. My husband and I would high-five if we got an hour and a half stretch. She

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