Burcusa Family Musings and Adventures

Thanks, loyal blog readers! I got an outpouring of support after my last post. It made me feel so much less isolated - I knew I wasn't a...

Everything seems worse when I'm sleep deprived. I already have a tendency to catastrophize, and this is only heightened when I'm run...

I think that lack of sleep has been the hardest adjustment to parenting for me. I really, really like sleep. And I really, really need some ...

Just started making our own baby wipes (!) . I'll let you know how they actually work once we use them tomorrow... P.S. Huge thanks...

I will readily admit that I have some minor hoarding tendencies. (This is not good for someone living in an ~800-square-foot house!) This re...

Dear Diary, Just when I thought I had a routine figured out, Mommy and Daddy mixed it up on me! They kept telling me they were taking me b...

Rose is eighteen weeks old! This was a big week for me because I had a total meltdown on Sunday after feeling overwhelmed for, I don't...