

Missed Alarms, Midnight Somersaults, and the Plank in My Own Eye
October 5, 2026 by Shelley So I woke up late this morning, and I’m going to blame my son. Yes, you heard that correctly. I am absolutely blaming my almost-four-year-old for ME waking up late. Motherhood has very few employee benefits, so let me have this one. 🤣 Okay, backstory. Over the summer, my son gave up my emotional support “baba.” MY emotional support baba. Because if we’re being honest, by the time he was three and a half, that bedtime bottle was doing just as much f




















