Stephanie Jankowski's Blog, page 39

One Teacher’s Sixth Sense: I See Dead Dogs

I was teaching Homer’s “The Odyssey” in my sophomore English class: the epic poem that can also be an epic fail because of all the weird sex stuff and becausesophomores. But my team teacher and I were killing it, no pun intended, when something outside caught my attention. A lump half buried in the thawing […]

That Kind of Teacher

My first teaching gig wasn’t easy. The first year was especially daunting what with a boy being thrown through the glass of my classroom door and all. I huddled around the “haters” (teachers who hated their jobs and, clearly, our students) in the Faculty Lounge, contributing to the bitch sessions every now and again, but […]

And Now We Dance

Flip flops strewn about the house, less socks in the laundry, an over-abundance of sunblock being slathered all over the pastiest kid in America, AKA: my son can only mean one thing: summer is upon us. The warm air and sunny skies bring back memories of the first summer I had my driver’s license. […]

My Son Will Not Start Kindergarten On Time

Last year, when it was a mere mom obsession, I began the grueling and emotional toil of whether or not to send my son to Kindergarten “on time.” I put on time in quotes because, technically, no child in Pennsylvania is required to attend Kindergarten. That said, all three of my kids will go, and […]

Finding Beauty in Pregnancy

I know, I know–”would she please shut up about pregnancy and babies?!” She will not. And here’s why: I had professional belly and newborn pictures taken by Misty,a local, super talented photographer who CAME TO MY HOME (this is so clutch, you don’t even know), and I want to share them with you. So quit […]

Motherhood & Expectations

2009, Motherhood Expectations: I will have this baby naturally, no medication. I will nurse this baby with no issues because that’s the most natural thing for breasts to do. I will nurture and love this baby and not feel guilty when I have to leave him and return to work three months later. […]

“Your Baby Has Holes in Her Heart” As Shared By the Worst Pediatric Cardiologist EVER

It was about 7AM, an otherwise acceptable time to wake a gal up, unless she had just spent the entire day before laboring and expelling the cutest almost 10-pound baby girl (along with some other stuff…). I had been looking forward to the first comfortable stomach sleep in almost 8 months, and was happily sawing […]

5 Things Moms Should NOT Do After Having a Baby

Unless you’re new ’round these parts (or have purposely been ignoring me because you’re sick of hearing about pregnancy, et. al., in which case, I can’t blame you), you know I’ve just birthed my third adorable bundle of baby. One may think that makes me a “pro parent.” I say Bwahahahahaha to that nonsense! I’ve […]

You’re Doing OK, Mom

Did you bottle or breast feed? Did you sleep train or go with the nighttime flow? Did you adopt the helicopter or free-range parenting style, or somewhere in between? Whatever your answers, you’re doing OK, Mom. Do you buckle under the self-inflicted weight of Mom Guilt? Do you occasionally raise your voice? Do you ever […]

Bow Down, Peasants, and Win a Phone

I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting (#MC) for Sprint. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and to thank me for participating. While this post is sponsored, all opinions (especially about Game of Thrones) are mine. Hear ye, hear ye! Translation: I have news Doth thee fair […]